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Though it's not productive, I will still reply. Perhaps my mental instability is a product of approaching Y2Kaos.

One, I never said decent people laughed at other peoples expense. I said some people will not challenge other people because they see humor in what they say at someone else's expense. Never was there any implication such people are decent. Just that there are many reasons why certain people or issues worth challenging are not always challenged.

Two, your definitions sound very nice on paper, and would make for a better world, but I wonder if they are entirely fair or realistic. For example, say someone wanted to help the needy, said as much, and gave to one person standing on a street corner. But, he didn't give to every needy person he came across, which in one interpretation would equate to inaction. Is he a hypocrite? Should someone expect him to give to all needy people? Should he keep from giving to one such individual because he cannot possibly give to all? Does he have a right to choose which person he helps?

It may be that I am more than a tad slow upstairs, but I thought hypocrisy meant saying one believes something they don't actually believe, or trying to pass themself off as something they are not. I don't understand why not acting on one's beliefs at every opportunity for action should brand a person a hypocrite.

Also, is there a sense of obligation in one's posting at AA? For example, I would expect that a parent should treat all of his or her own children similarly (as situations best allow) when they misbehave, as the children are the parent's responsibility. But, if they see some other parent's kids doing wrong things in a shopping mall, are they obligated to take those kids to task in the same fashion they would their own kids? Note that I ask these as conceptual questions based on your stance...I'm not implying some parallel to the issue in the thread. And I am not thinking or acting negatively in any way towards yourself.




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