More in the philosophical flow: Enemies stab you in the back
Friends stab you in the front Best friends poke you with bendy straws On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Marcus G. Daniels <[email protected]>wrote: > Douglas Roberts wrote: > >> >> A good friend will lie for you in court if you committed murder. >> >> A true friend will help you bury the body. >> >> There's "I trust your judgment" which could mean (say, in an academic > setting) that one is capable in some domain or even `thinks right' (capable > in many domains), and also the special case of "I trust your judgment" in > the social (a.k.a. mafia) sense which means that one understands the > relevant social constraints within the clique and relative to other cliques. > Friends/enemies may fail to provide good/bad outcomes when they operate > outside certain constrained contexts (fail in the first sense). The idea of > being `trustworthy' implies a social clique with arbitrary values and > investments, but also capability. > > Marcus > > >
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