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Moral Moments

Simon Says: Do the Right Thing!

by Joel Marks

I remember reading not too long ago about an American major-league coach who suddenly switched to a different team. The move was not entirely unexpected by the sports community, which had been skeptical just the week before when said coach had proclaimed that he would not do what he then proceeded to do forthwith. Subsequently questioned by a (no doubt bored) reporter about the discrepancy between what he did and what he had said he would not do, the coach replied, “I meant it at the time.”

The ‘real world’ does not bat an eyelash. The moralist – c’est moi – reels.

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