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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@samueltyler2 "Best" is ambiguous, Sam. Best can mean lowest budgetary impact. Best can mean easiest to implement. "Best long term" is even worse. It can mean so many things.
But the right thing to do? It is usually apparent to most observers. And there are a million reasons not to do the right thing.
When Revere, Dawes, and Prescott set out on their midnight rides, they had no idea what the result of their messages would be. They didn't know if it was the best course of action. They didn't even know enough to evaluate if it was the best course of action. They just knew it was the next right thing ... to warn the colonists in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, that the British regulars were setting out from Boston.
Always #DoTheNextRightThing and let the chips fall where they may.
But the right thing to do? It is usually apparent to most observers. And there are a million reasons not to do the right thing.
When Revere, Dawes, and Prescott set out on their midnight rides, they had no idea what the result of their messages would be. They didn't know if it was the best course of action. They didn't even know enough to evaluate if it was the best course of action. They just knew it was the next right thing ... to warn the colonists in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, that the British regulars were setting out from Boston.
Always #DoTheNextRightThing and let the chips fall where they may.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@sarabee1995 I hoped that the OP could actually document anyone when the best, agreed a difficult term to define, thing to do doesn't turn out to be in the long term. I guess that he was alluding to doing the thing thought best at the moment that later turned out not to actually have been the best. It is sort of circular reasoning, since if it was the best, how could it then not be?
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@samueltyler2 Okay, let me give you another example...
You are getting gas at a self-serve with a convenient store in the parking lot. You see an older woman (65+??) being yelled at aggressively by a much younger woman (20's?). The younger woman is moving aggressively toward the older woman who is backing up.
Pause -- The "Best" thing to do is mind your own business and call the police. Stay out of it. The "Right" thing to do is to come to the aid of the older woman and try to calm the situation.
Continue -- I moved quickly to get in between the two, but I wasn't quick enough. The younger woman pushed the older woman and she fell backward into a stack of cases of drinking water. To prevent any further assault, I stepped very aggressively in front of the younger woman with my hands up in a fighting stance. I told her to back away before things got out of control.
The rest of the story is not important. Her boyfriend got involved. The police got involved. The point is that at the moment when I decided to interject myself into the situation, I had no way of knowing what the "Best" course of action was. It was mostly likely to stay out of it. But the "Right" thing to do was crystal clear -- it was to help that woman.
Always #DoTheNextRightThing.
You are getting gas at a self-serve with a convenient store in the parking lot. You see an older woman (65+??) being yelled at aggressively by a much younger woman (20's?). The younger woman is moving aggressively toward the older woman who is backing up.
Pause -- The "Best" thing to do is mind your own business and call the police. Stay out of it. The "Right" thing to do is to come to the aid of the older woman and try to calm the situation.
Continue -- I moved quickly to get in between the two, but I wasn't quick enough. The younger woman pushed the older woman and she fell backward into a stack of cases of drinking water. To prevent any further assault, I stepped very aggressively in front of the younger woman with my hands up in a fighting stance. I told her to back away before things got out of control.
The rest of the story is not important. Her boyfriend got involved. The police got involved. The point is that at the moment when I decided to interject myself into the situation, I had no way of knowing what the "Best" course of action was. It was mostly likely to stay out of it. But the "Right" thing to do was crystal clear -- it was to help that woman.
Always #DoTheNextRightThing.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@sarabee1995 we can argue the semantics, but I think the OP meant more in the longer term. But I get your point, and it is the same as i mention med, you can't decide what is truly best until as ll activities related are Finished.
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@samueltyler2 Looking at his syntax, I thing he was contrasting the "right thing" with the "best long term course of action". To me, this implies that it is the right thing in the moment that is being contrasted with the best thing in the fullness of time.
My "life philosophy" (in so much as any of us truly has one) is to always do the right thing in the moment. More often than not, this results in the best long term course of action, but not always. In those cases where I've made a decision that did not end up being the best long term course of action, I've been able to explain the circumstances of the moment and the reason for choosing the right thing. 🤷♀
My "life philosophy" (in so much as any of us truly has one) is to always do the right thing in the moment. More often than not, this results in the best long term course of action, but not always. In those cases where I've made a decision that did not end up being the best long term course of action, I've been able to explain the circumstances of the moment and the reason for choosing the right thing. 🤷♀
LemonDemon · F
@samueltyler2 Ozymandias in Watchman, is he really a villain ? he killed millions, to safe billions