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Originally Posted by trader220
I didn't represent anyone's views but my own here. Everyone has their own version of ethics cloaked in the word "honesty". I don't advocate acting dishonest in any way shape or form. I am not objecting to high standards, nor did I equate lying with "take - home" anything.
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Wow, how weaselly can it get? Now folks are moral relativists? LOL.
Honesty is honesty. There are no "versions" of honesty. If you shade or hide the truth in any way, you're being dishonest. It really is that simple.
By putting the onus 100% on the buyer, you *necessarily* absolve the seller of responsibility for honesty. That is a zero-sum game. The only area not covered it the area where problems exist that the seller doesn't actually know anything about. The seller can be 100% honest and still sell a faulty product. For that case, the buyer is wise to protect him/herself.
The expectation of honesty, not some hypothetical weirdo case of personal honesty, but what a reasonable person would consider honesty - that's a minimum to expect. I'm not sure why you would object to that standard, and why you would go hunting for some sort of special case in order to throw the rest out.