Hi OR82............saw this last night. It is something I often wonder at these days.

Your OP:

"Not sure really where this would need to go but I find myself struggling with this often. I am a black and white kind of person. There are gray areas but I tend to look at things in one way or the other; I stay away from the middle and pick a side. I understand that 9/10 of a persons perception substantiates their reality but is it really so unusual for a person think this way? I mean right and wrong is simple. Honor, justice, integrity, commitment....why have these just become words? Why is it most people, in my experience, throw these under a doormat and ignore them? I get so irritated when I see these values thrown aside. Is that so different? Should I get irritated? I only ask this here simply because I find myself struggling with frustration to the point of anger sometimes over this. Maybe I am just a naive idealist....but for example, I have no question that I would give up my life to save another, that others should be treated with courtesy at a bare minimum, that your significant other should be treated with honor and respect, that owning your mistakes and taking responsibility for your actions is a must; is this crazy of me?"


"Values" are based upon individual perception...I will not even look up Mr.Wicki on this...
My "Value" System = what feels instinctually to be "right" (what is "right" anyway??? what is "wrong???--these are individual perceptions for the most part===Gray Area in the world at large...) to me!
ie: What I can live with...my behaviors, my acts, my me==="MY ACCOUNTABILITY"

My reply to you, imo?

NO. not "crazy". NO="irritated"..do not permit yourself to lose your peace of mind because others do not take accountability for their actions...that is on THEM, not you! & Kudos!!! On a BRAVE thread, asking a brave question with some real meat on it!

In other's opinions? "Yes"...but hey, can't please everyone, can ya?
Only one you need feel at Peace with=YOU (imo)!!!

Their opinions are unimportant in the grand scheme..(so long as you don't break the law)

"Only YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES!"....only you can feel good inside yourself......because you know you did what you felt to be the correct thing, and are willing to be accountable for it...

So glad to meet you!

PAX..............VIRAGO aka SMOKEY THE BEAR? LOL