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You never started a fist fight but you never backed down from anybody You never kicked a man when he was down you didnt even hit a man in the face if he had glsses on. You never accused a man of being a liar or a horse theif unless he had a strange brand in his corral.If somebody accused you of being illegal you kicked their (@$%&#!) at least give them a bloody nose.
Since I grew up in the NYC suburbs (with the exception of the horse, livestock, and farm understandings) I was raised the same way. Very different world for this reason too of course... You didn't sit still when you were bullied, you fought back yet you didn't start a fight. You just wouldn't allow yourself to become somebodies patsy... This was enforced by BOTH parents, even my mom... SHe's say "fight back" grab the bully by the collar... Of course there's a HUGE difference today, Today the bully might have a gun or knife. This was unheard of in suburbs in the 50's and 60's. So when I got older, and into corporate areas, smaller scale politics, Boards, etc... It made it BRUTAL for me to exist in such settings... Because "Ignore", and "You must take it and play the game", were ways contrary to what I learned, and came to believe is correct.. You don't steal, but you don't let somebody steel from you.. and honesty... I STILL have a tough time dealing with white collar crime...
Problem Is ollie...
Two paradoxical concepts
Old School :
Love they neighber, Do unto others, what's taught in religious school 10 commandments
BUsiness world, and Poltics or adult reality:
Don't get CAUGHT when you covet thy neighbors wife
"Do onto others" but always remember "business is business" so learn to lie :(
To this day, this stuff bugs me.. Almost makes me wonder how smart it is to teach kids that "manipulating" people is bad, and you should NEVER lie.. The world just isn't that way when a person gets out into it
This has little to do with extremist groups however.. Corporate World and Retail areas are really brutal when you grew up learning "Don't dish it out, and never take it"
If I had a nickel for every deserving A>>Hole I called a liar each week, and crooks I called crooks, I'd be able to buy a healthy sexlife.
Something I learned very early (because I started working parttime jobs at 11 years of age after school (just for credit for my tropical fish hobby), and HAD to work from 15 on, but what I learned is NEVER screw the small business person, because making ends meet is never easy. Especially today, I have the utmost respect for smaller people trying to make a buck such as Ebayers, because such people MUST like people to do what they do.. Ebayer, and many smaller sales people today assuming they CAN in fact survive, have to take a LOT of sand in the face... It's brutal.. I have the utmost respect for small business people. Especially since I wasn't tough enough to take the life-style indefineately and wouldn't have had the demeoner to live solely off've musicianship or entertainment industry... I've tasted it, done it, and it's rough !
Thing is, when it comes to huge corporations, and large retail chains, my conscience usually goes down the toilet these days regarding "feeling sorry for the fat and happy" that have little conscience, and aren't that honest to even their employees.
I feel much better now. 
