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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
That is so not true. Bad character and lack of respect for others and for the law promotes dishonesty. Honest people don't steal, regardless of the temptation. Like The Clash said, "I been very tempted to grab it from the till; I been very hungry but not enough to kill."
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While the idealistic sentiment is nice, stealing/dishonesty imho is a question of motive and opportunity. Put the right person (otherwise honest) in the wrong situation (needs to put food on the table) and give him opportunity(make it easy) for him to steal and think he/she will get away with it and it's a formula for disaster. That stated, it becomes almost like a math equation, the easier it is to get away with (opportunity), the less extreme the motive needs to be to open the door. I personally think the whole auction system offers easy opportunity - where are the controls? 3rd party oversight? Anything independent? Too much dependence on people to do the right thing. I want to qualify by saying I am sure that most DO the right thing, but little to assure those using the sytem that is the case.