Monday, August 17, 2009

Too much cheating

What ever happened to our Australian tradition of a ‘fair go’?
I don’t know what it’s like in other countries, but as I look around, I can see cheating is as big an epidemic as fat, or as rampant as binge drinking.
Cheating is as bad as lying, deception, fraud, trickery, pretense, or stealing.
Bullies are cheats. Discrimination is cheating. People without talent or ability trying to get ahead unfairly and lazy bastards who want to take shortcuts are cheats. Is tax dodging cheating? Yes. Is parking in a disabled space when you have all your bits? Absolutely.
Politicians with a snout in the trough are cheats. Buffoon players cheat on sports fields. On the roads, fanatical drivers cheat. Shady business has an unfair share of cheats. Hopeless sales people cheat. Unbalanced relationships are rife with cheats. Lazy journalists cheat. Greedy food manufacturers cheat. Fly-by-night mechanics and petty tradesmen cheat. Bankers cheat. Schools cheat. Even pop religions cheat to increase their weekly tithes.
This is a pandemic as tragic as any flu, but with more victims. Everybody carries the burden of cheats. You think every body’s doing it – that doesn’t make it OK
As a result of this environment of cheating, the convention of trust is almost exhausted. It’s a society where fear, suspicion , self-indulgence and arrogance are becoming a norm.
I don’t like it and am having a grumble.

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