> JJ wrote: > The _reason_ they do altruistic things is varied. > true and true. But here's the controversial part ... I have some friends that are cops, some marines, et al. If you ask them casually why they're doing it they'll usually say, "to server the [something]".
Get a few beers in 'em however and they always say, "aw I just joined up to shoot guns" or something like that. In fact the brother of a friend is one of these power-nuts. He's been in volunteer cop stuff since he was 5 and now he's 20 and waiting for his badge. He's WAY WAY into the power trip thing. Scary, really. Anyway, bottom line is, I've probably only met 1 person (sample is probably 100) that I truly believe does what they do majority "to serve". That is, even if they get a good feeling out of it, it's their primary reason. The rest of the people do it for other reasons: adventure, power, pride, recognition, etc. It's like giving money at Christmas; they always say the real test is if you're still willing to give anonymously. It's why you have to admire a guy like Warren Buffett - gives the majority of his money away and only revealed that for tax reasons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266740 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
