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Honest failure or Corrupted Success?

Post by Ling2 » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 2:17 pm

Is all businesses tainted or every decsion made has never been unethical? That's been on my mind sometimes....

So, which will you been?

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Post by Sud Afrika » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 3:11 pm

We are all guilty of beng greedy..to a certain extent.

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Post by Sud Afrika » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 3:12 pm

...and typos too *sheesh*

sorry abt that ma'am.

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Post by banana » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 3:40 pm

Excellent reply! You managed to circumvent the confounding time lapse paradox.
So, which will you been?
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Post by Baron Greenback » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 3:44 pm

Excellent reply! You managed to circumvent the confounding time lapse paradox.
So is this a mobius thread?
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Post by Sud Afrika » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 3:48 pm

Hmmm....or was it a freudian slip?

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Post by banana » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 3:55 pm

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THIS is a Freudian slip.
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Post by Ling2 » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 4:01 pm

Mobius strip.... hmmmm reminds me of M.C.Escher 8)

Still you guys are not answering! :roll:

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Post by Strong Eagle » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 4:02 pm

How about "honest success"? It can be done and most businesses are exactly that.

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Post by beenhere10years » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 4:08 pm

Ling2 wrote:Mobius strip.... hmmmm reminds me of M.C.Escher 8)

Still you guys are not answering! :roll:
It might be because I really don't understand the question...
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Post by Sud Afrika » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 4:44 pm

When I brought up 'greed'. I thought that answered your query. No?

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Post by sapphire » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 4:53 pm

I would respond, but I'm ill equipped to answer such profound questions. :wink:
It's not getting any smarter out there. You have to come to terms with stupidity, and make it work for you.

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Post by Sud Afrika » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 5:53 pm

sapphire wrote:I would respond, but I'm ill equipped to answer such profound questions. :wink:
You bejewelled one,I am sure, are equipped for a greater cause...

Oops.. are we digressing again?

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Post by Vaucluse » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 9:54 pm

Thanks, BH10Y - I thought I was being particularly thick - havn't got a clue what ling-ling was on about. Then came the travels into tenses . . .
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Post by Wind In My Hair » Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:33 pm

oh gosh, you guys are hilarious. warms my heart just to read your posts.

my answer: both are oxymorons and so don't exist, in my book anyway.

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