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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
Very, very few people are consistently 100% honest though, at least in my experience. Most people have areas or situations where they consciously or unconsciously break or are willing to break the law, or engage in behaviour or practices which aren't honest.
Many people are perfectly happy to steal stationary at work, or use the copy machine without paying even though copies cost (say) 10p a go. Some people will take your turkey sandwich from the lunch fridge if they're sure they won't be seen, others again will download songs or books from the internet.
I can't know for sure of course, but I seriously doubt that I know any honest people at all if "100% honest, all of the time" if the standard expected.
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And then some people just don't care about honesty for honesty's sake. People who live by their own beliefs, instead of those of others. They will pretend to adjust to majority in times when doing otherwise might cause too much of a stirrup or bother, but otherwise will pretty much not care about how others would consider their actions.
Thats not a justification on piracy (I don't need to justificate myself, after all, and I am pretty much sure you all would not care anyway), but rather a response to what I perceived was an overvaluing of people's sense of honesty in general in what you wrote.