[ClearCase_guy]

I know it's just a movie, but Jimmy Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life" was a pillar of society. He wasn't rich. He wasn't powerful. He just had good character. People liked him and he helped make society successful.

Unfortunately, as you imply, we are no longer supposed to value character. Power and money are what count. Character is for suckers. And we wonder why we're in a handbasket, and where we might be off to?

[reed13]

That’s what I liked about a lot of the older movies - it was about character. IWL was one of the best, but Stewart had a few others in ‘Harvey’ and ‘Mr. Smith goes to Washington’. Heck, even ‘Casablanca’ was about doing the right thing.

We just had a big blowup at work about almost this exact thing - what’s right vs how we can get around something to meet a made up date. Course the fella standing for what’s right will most likely be the one to pay the piper.

[proxy_user]

Fortunately, the Limits of Adam come into play at both ends.