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I second this. Honesty, at times, doesn't benefit you, but it almost always feels good.

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Honesty means a game store owner let me pay for a memory card later - I didn't have the money with me. I payed it off the next day.

Some people appreciate honesty, some people don't. And you did get something out of it - You now know something vital about the other guy and how his mind works.

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I once was told that you will more than likely never go to jail for a dishonest act but rather for an honest one misunderstood.

Nice guys do finish last. Tis a fact of life and an unshakable elemental reality of our universe.

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Collary #1: Everybody in jail and everybody who's ever been in jail is innocent. All you have to do is ask them.

Which makes that pure speculation and opinion.

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I just want to formally apologise. Although I felt I was the abused party and had no intention of naming and aiming vehemence at the cause of my misfortune, I realise I acted wrongly, both in my failure to report it in a sensible manner thus causing the misunderstanding and my reaction.

I did not hack the game or intend to gain an advantage. Through fortune, or misfortune, I gained knowledge I felt entitiled me to some praise for handling it fairly, and when the response was the opposite of what I felt I deserved I reacted wrongly. I fell victim to pride and self satisfaction. Let me be the one to say,

I'm sorry.

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You have a right to be angry. I certainly would be - And you expressed it rather calmly.

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Not everybody - some actually admit guilt. A large portion of those blame others.

Oddly, if you assume a 99% accurate justice system (that is, 99% of the people who aren't "criminal" are never punished, and 99% of those who are "criminal" are punished) and a 1% "criminal" population, fully 50% of those punished are innocent. Seriously. Take a populateion of 10,000 with the above assumptions
1% (100) are "criminal", 9,900 (99%) are not "criminal"
Of the "criminal" population, 99 (99% of 100) are punished.
Of the non-"criminal" population, 99 (1% of 9,900) are punished.
Of 198 (99+99) punished, 99 are non-"criminal".

You can play with the numbers some to get different results, but it sure is interesting, isn't it?

How did Ephesians 4:26 go?

Re: Honesty doesn\'t pay :(
 

That doesn't say 'don't get angry' - Just don't be angry longer than today.

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I like to do nice things for people because I believe that sooner or later the favor will be returned.

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Jack:
Your percentages are unreal and don't properly reflect any sort of valid estimate. A 99% effective system either means 99% of criminals are jailed (which says absolutely nothing about non-criminals, so isn't very interesting), or 99% of those jailed are criminals. It could also mean that 99% of innocent people accused are acquitted, but that probably isn't the intended meaning in context. It is a contortion of logic to assert that it means both that 99% of all criminals are jailed, and at the same time 99% of non-criminals are not jailed. The two are completely independent statistics that you can not validly roll into one called the overall accuracy and thus derive the rest of the assertions.

From your 99% accuracy figure, it does not follow that 1% of the non-criminal population is jailed. At best, all you get is that 1% of the jailed population is non-criminal. At worst, you have absolutely no idea how many non-criminals are jailed, so you have no idea what percentage of those in jail are wrongly imprisoned.

You further compound the problem by asserting that 1% of all non-criminals are jailed; this is not a valid metric when assessing the accuracy of a legal system. A more valid metric would be what percentage of innocent people accused of a crime are acquitted, and what percentage of people in both groups are actually brought to trial. Only then could you hope to come up with percentages of people in jail being innocent or guilty.