Potemkin Decency

The right thing is almost never the easy thing.

The easy thing is almost never the right thing.

This is especially true in human relations.

Ask almost any child, or any employee.

Rarely will a parent, teacher, minister, or boss take the time and make the effort to find out

who really did what,
to whom,
when,
and why it matters.

It's messy.

It takes time.

It requires thought, and the expenditure of effort.

It often involves ethical dilemmas.

It isn't any fun.

...why bother?

It's much easier to favor the one who yells the loudest.

The one who tells his story first.

The one who tells his story most.

The one who sucks up.

The one who cries most convincingly when other people are watching.

In the contest between decency and expediency, expediency will win almost every time.