If I ever got really wealthy and offered you a Million Dollars would you take it?

If you found out before you took it that I had cheated on the wife and didn't tell you about it?

Would what I had to offer to do for you be any less in your eyes because of things I did?

But then - one might ask if you knew the money you were getting was from profits from the Iraq war - would you still take it?

Is the end result as important as the way you get to it? Does the character of the person(s) mean as much as their ability to deliver what is needed (and does character as defined by your own view preclude someone from being able to make good decisions on all issues or just some - ie, if you lie at home does it mean you will lie on bigger issues involving many more people?)

If what we want is to have people who will always do the right thing we will probably always be disappointed - and never get anywhere.

Is the message greater than the messenger, or do we discard the message if the messenger does not practice what they preach?

I don't think I can find a person in history who truly reflects the message they deliver, but I do think some people are better at getting the message out and making positive change on a large scale but have issues on a smaller scale in their own personal lives.

People who live in smog filled cities and tell me not to smoke - it does not mean they are not right about the dangers of smoking, even though they are probably inhaling more particulates than I do on a normal basis.

Morally wrong actions do not negate morally right messages - we see it happen to pastors and politicians all the time. Just because someone does not take their own advice does not mean that the advice is wrong, it just means that they should probably do a better job of listening to themselves :)

The messenger might be jacked, but that does not mean to me I won't keep carrying the message.

Lord knows I have not always been the best man to my wife, nor she the best wife to me - but if we defined ourselves by the wrong instead of focusing on what was right between us we wouldn't be together very long.

Forgiveness is a more powerful thing than condemnation, but too often people take the latter road as it is easier for some reason.

We can still bitch about a behavior and the actions, still point out we feel it is wrong - but in the end a few single actions of 'wrong' don't need to outweigh the many actions someone did of 'right'.

When we celebrate the good people do more than the bad then I think we will be a better society, and I am just as bad at that as others.

:)

Oh wait, you're a guy aren't you? Damn. I should have qualified it above to just women :rofl:

You and your SO have to deal with it. I shouldn't have to and shouldn't care.

I'll take the money

wish me luck :)

Who's to say that screwing around is wrong, anyway?

Heaven forbid I should ever lead my life according to someone else's guidelines, beliefs, and bullshit morals.

:rofl:

For me, it is not where the money comes from as much as what I can do with it. I am not rich but with my own money I have been able to give an old high school friend enough money to get a brace so she could walk again. I have also picked a homeless couple off of the street and gave them money to get an apartment. I learned through 'Nickeled and Dimed' that a lot of the problem with getting an apartment is getting first and last month's rent and a deposit. I put that information to good use and helped the couple telling them I would need the money back within a year to two years (no interest, not in it for the money) so I could help another homeless family get off the street. This time I think I will pick out a woman from a battered women's shelter. Someone with a daughter or son.

I could skip all the paying back of money if I had a reserve of money to help others. It could just be gifted to people who need it and perhaps they could pay it forward to others who need it.

So, yes, I would gladly take the money and would even sign an agreement that I could not claim a cent of it for personal use. It is foolish to give up money because of where it came from if you can do good with it.