On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:02:17 -0700, thumper wrote:

On 5/22/2012 7:29 PM, thumper wrote:

Fear of punishment or hopes of reward are unnecessary for moral behavior
and I sincerely doubt the integrity of those who require it.

That sounded pretty dickish which wasn't my intent and it certainly
wasn't directed at Tim. I apologize for the awkward tone.

Well, it may have sounded a trite dickish, depending on who and what you responded to, but I can't
see anything erroneous in what you said (for whatever that's worth - which ain't much!). And I'm
sure Tim would agree with the statement.