[stuartcr]

I’m not disgusted or morale-busted if someone lies to me, I just chalk it up as human nature.

We don’t appear to be de-motivated, do we?

Our discussions aren’t stopped, and we’re just a drop in time compared to how many other discussions like this have taken place.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"I’m not disgusted or morale-busted if someone lies to me, I just chalk it up as human nature."

I wonder if it depends on whether the subject of the lie sasimportant to you or not. I know people who would accept a lie from their wife but not from their broker.

"We don’t appear to be de-motivated, do we?"

If I am included in that "we," the answer is yes. I am highly de-motivated to discuss things with people who are in the "almost empty" end of gauge of good will or good sense.

(This is not written with you in mind, stuartcr.)