New collector vehicle designation: “resurrection”

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Honesty and Integrity seems a rare find itself of late...

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Honesty and integrity (as one) is ALWAYS rare, that's why it's so refreshing when we actually experience it.

We've all heard the phrase "People are basically good." Vincent Bugliosi, the Los Angeles prosecutor who successfully prosecuted Charles Manson, said it this way:

"You park your car at a shopping mall, shop for a few hours, and return to your car. You see that someone has run into your car and damaged it. Under the windshield wiper you see a note from the driver who ran into your car. The note explains that the driver was in a hurry and they left their home phone number and insurance company name and the note asks you to please call them. Why are you surprised to get such a note?"

Because we are used to the fact that most people (most people) would have looked around, and if there were no witnesses, they would have driven away and not left a note.

Bugliosi, having lived the life of a hard-nosed criminal prosecutor, clearly has a skeptic's point of view. That's what makes for a good prosecutor.

Honesty and integrity usually suffer a very quick death when an exchange of money is involved. Just look at all the BS in eBay car auctions or the heated discussions over what goes on at B-J.

Another good example: The phrase "trust but verify" said by Ronald Reagan about 1980s Soviet nuclear disarmament.

Trust and verify are opposites. If you trust then you don't need to verify. If you choose to verify then you do not trust. (If you trust that a trim tag is real then you do not need to verify that it is.)

I will not go into "shades of gray" nor will I try to explain the concept of the ethical "slippery slope."

Suffice to say that people are basically good but you often need to verify their goodness.