It is a slippery slope. I would like to say most people still avoid acting that way but I am no longer really sure that is true.

In a way our system suggests it is smart to screw the next guy. Or there are so many examples illustrating this in practice by osmosis it becomes more the norm with time.

I am a victom of regulatory agencies all too often. Give any idiot a little power and you may get the resultant issues. Common sense is usually the first thing lost in the process.

What really bothers me is we pay them good money. My other suspicion is they could not hold a real job in the private sector. Or have had any personal experience with the practicalities of what they regulate. There of couse as in most things are exceptions. Just not enough of them. Certainly society needs guidlines but many things I see are over the top when it cames to the actual enacting of them.

A guy sells an item stating it is in good condition when it is not. The redress is so complex most just swallow the loss and deal with any resultant frustation. The legal venue is so complex, distorted and expensive mind certain. It usually gets put on the backburner pretty fast. Personally I am totally unable to tell someone something is good when it is certainly not. This does not make me a better person but I do have an uncomplicated and fairly content existance compared to some that think otherwise. Less money of course to some degree perhaps but not even certain of that. Far too much of our system is based on money rather than the important values. I am certainly not religious either.