I probably should have given a more thorough response to the "Shame on you" post.
I am not a passive real estate buyer/seller, it is my lifelong profession.
Let’s look at a few other professions;
Police officers and, in particular, interrogators – I’m sure they never say things like, “Look, we KNOW you were there that night, your buddy told us”, even though they don’t know that, the buddy has said nothing and they’re just fishing.
Doctors – I have personal first-hand accounts of docs giving false hope to patients only to tell me, alone, there is none.
Attorneys – I’m not slighting attorneys here, at all, but need I explain?
I think we could look at most any profession and find the same types of “transgressions.” It’s all part of the game. Sounds ugly, I know. Sounds like justification, I’m sure. But are we seriously going to just commit the people that hold a position within the careers listed above (as well most others) simply as liars? Okay with me if you want to do so, btw.
But let’s take professors a moment. How nice it must be to set the curriculum for others. Pre-determine the Q&A and grade the student based on your own set of truths. Day in and day out, no need for any of the game playing. Commander and Chief, very little accountability, no day-to-day fight with competitors looking to steal your market share.
No need to ever look a student in the eye, that is having a hard time academically, and tell them you believe in them, when, in fact, you’re not too sure… or tell someone that has an addiction to painkillers they can beat it and you have their back, when in reality, you think it’s got a stranglehold on them.
You shared some Bible verses with me. Thank you. Here are a few more.
Romans 3:10 - As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
Matthew 7:3 – And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
The difference is, between the two of us, only one said to the other, “Shame on you.”
I am not a passive real estate buyer/seller, it is my lifelong profession.
Let’s look at a few other professions;
Police officers and, in particular, interrogators – I’m sure they never say things like, “Look, we KNOW you were there that night, your buddy told us”, even though they don’t know that, the buddy has said nothing and they’re just fishing.
Doctors – I have personal first-hand accounts of docs giving false hope to patients only to tell me, alone, there is none.
Attorneys – I’m not slighting attorneys here, at all, but need I explain?
I think we could look at most any profession and find the same types of “transgressions.” It’s all part of the game. Sounds ugly, I know. Sounds like justification, I’m sure. But are we seriously going to just commit the people that hold a position within the careers listed above (as well most others) simply as liars? Okay with me if you want to do so, btw.
But let’s take professors a moment. How nice it must be to set the curriculum for others. Pre-determine the Q&A and grade the student based on your own set of truths. Day in and day out, no need for any of the game playing. Commander and Chief, very little accountability, no day-to-day fight with competitors looking to steal your market share.
No need to ever look a student in the eye, that is having a hard time academically, and tell them you believe in them, when, in fact, you’re not too sure… or tell someone that has an addiction to painkillers they can beat it and you have their back, when in reality, you think it’s got a stranglehold on them.
You shared some Bible verses with me. Thank you. Here are a few more.
Romans 3:10 - As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;
Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
Matthew 7:3 – And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
The difference is, between the two of us, only one said to the other, “Shame on you.”
