Comments on: Capitalism, Trust, and the Ted Williams Attitude

By: mehdi hassan

mehdi hassan — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:08:58 +0000

Cheating and greedyness is also a result of have and have nots. Television and movies show many unrealistic things which also deludes people’s minds.

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Kimberly — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:56:50 +0000

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By: Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:08:03 +0000

Good piece. The Stein article is excellent. I was reminded of two pieces I wrote in my used-to-be Monday Memo. There was a piece about trust, written around the time of the Enron implosion. It's called "Trust (or Not). http://www.mondaymemo.net/020520feature.htm And there was the piece I wrote when Ted Williams died. It's called "Ted Williams: Hero, Hedgehog, Hitter." http://www.mondaymemo.net/020708feature.htm

By: Lewis Green

Lewis Green — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:04:16 +0000

Rob,

I, too, read Stein’s article and was moved to ask “why?” I think cheating comes down to two drivers: greed and power. The first represents a false assumption that “money and things” equate to winning and happiness. The second speaks to an unrealistic view of self and a belief that those with power are entitled to screw the rest of us. Both denote a deficit of moral and ethical living, and, in my mind, weakness of spirit.