On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:58:10 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> It massively increases the probability of people liking you. (Which
>>> is, after all, the most important thing in life.)
>> 
>> I would disagree.  The most important thing to me in life is to be
>> respected.  People who like you but disrespect you are not friends;
>> they're people who generally see you as a means to an end.
>> 
>> I also rank highly along with respect is that people see me as being
>> ethical, fair, and honest.  I wouldn't give up those principles just to
>> have "people" like me.  People come and go.  Ethics, honesty, fairness
>> - these things stick with you your entire life.
> 
> I would say that I want to be liked by the right people.
> 
> Those are the kind of people who wouldn't like me if I *wasn't* fair,
> ethical and honest.
> 
> Different axioms, same conclusion.

Well, it's fair to say there are people *here* who like you.  So that's a 
start.

Jim

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