Could Impeccability Be The Missing Key To Integrity?
Last week, as predicted, asking “Is There Any Integrity Or Honesty Out There?” opened quite the Pandora’s box. It was a short post and I noted that “I’m just concerned that upright, honest and integral behavior is destined for the same outcome as buggy whips and teletypes.”
All the kerfuffle around Shirley Sherrod got me going. Clearly, the kind of political gamesmanship behind her lamentable situation are hardly new, but it did serve as one of those final “straws” and I decided that it would be interesting to see what our readers had to say.
Well, you had a lot to say!
Some noted that issues of integrity and honesty have been with us as long as people have been alive. Others noted that things seem to be changing, if not accelerating, in terms of integrity challenges. And others remain optimistic.
If you haven’t already, may I humbly suggest that your open the link to last week’s article and read the comment string. The whole thing! All 252 of them. Of the 100 posts I have put up over the past couple of years, this one really seemed to stimulate a dialogue. Readers posted comments to which others replied not in the usual agree/disagree style, and certainly not in the kind of “you’re an idiot” diatribe that sometimes erupts. To me, this time it seems that people embraced the topic and engaged in something more akin to a conversation on the subject.
I am certainly hopeful that we are moving increasingly toward conversation and dialogue. Certainly, we would be better off for it, socially, politically, personally and perhaps even economically.
Here are a couple that you may find interesting:
Thomas Wojick wrote:
“Excellent review of how integrity