If a person uses deception to gain something, is it really a win?

What it says to me is that they have no confidence in achieving it by being real.
This win would be hollow at best.

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HatandCloak · 36-40, M

"To some people life is very simple. They believe this is good, this is bad, this is right, this is wrong, no shadings and greys all blacks and whites. Now others of us believe good, bad, right and wrong are many sides complex things but the more we see the less sure we are. You asked me if I believe a man can sprout fur and assume the characteristics of a wolf? Of course not it's fantastic...but I do believe most anything can happen to a man inside his own mind" - Sir John Talbot/ The Wolf Man 1941.

SW-User

@HatandCloak That's all well and good, and also justification for poor behaviour. It's like since life is shades of grey, there should be looser boundaries on morals. But if you do not hold yourself to a higher expectation, all you will do is keep circling in deceptions. And in the long run, that is mostly not good for yourself. The people you deceive, will heal and move on. What about you? You stole your own chance at improvement.
I use the word 'You' Generally.

I do believe in shades of grey. But I believe in accountability even more.

HatandCloak · 36-40, M

@SW-User I understand your view, however I'm not ever going to limit my choices when it comes to survival. I will eat the nasty food, I will sleep in the abandoned building, I will decieve if I need to. I'll always be scum and a looser if I live compare my self by other people's standards. What some opinionates as bad behavior is not universally seen as bad behavior.

SW-User

@HatandCloak You have to do you. Those are the choices you make. I'm merely expressing my thoughts.

HatandCloak · 36-40, M

@SW-User theatricality and deception are powerful agents 😉[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiaRYQlsjy4]