Jim wrote:


I'd like Chuck to point out the experience, training, licensing, moral and
ethical differences between a Yacht Salesman and a Buy Here-Pay Here used
car salesmen. I don't know why he chose to compare yacht sales and real
estate sales.
Jim


I'd love to help you out with this, but I have never encountered any
profession where moral and ethical characteristics can be automatically
presumed. Certainly wouldn't be
in government or corporate leadership, the entertainment industry, the
press, talk show hosts, educators, religious practitioners, stock and
bond traders, real estate salespeople, new or used car salespeople or
new or used boat salespeople. Have you?

As far as I've been able to determine in all these years of
observation, people have morals and eithcs but professions don't. Maybe
you can enlighten me a bit concerning which professions are staffed
entirely with folks automatically deserving complete trust and which
are staffed only with people who are dishonest jerks.

Example: In the news this AM here in Seattle- Three people have been
arrested for operating a steal-to-order crime ring said to have stolen
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from local stores
and individuals. One of those arrested was the owner of a pawn
shop.....(insert "I told you so!" at this point).....one was his
daughter......and the third was the daughter's husband who was
allegedly disposing of the stuff by selling it all on E-bay. Oh,
yeah...when the daughter's husband wasn't selling stolen property over
the internet he (Dr. Calvo) practiced his profession as a dentist in
West Seattle.

I guess we should all watch out for those dentists, right NOYB? :-)