A question of honour:

[rowens]

Honor has to be real, in what you really do and think and feel. To be honorable. But you won't always be respected; and depending where you are in your life, you might get nothing but disrespect and condemnation for acting honorably. And that makes people doubt themselves. You mentioned honor among thieves, I'm used to people that won't respect you or feel you have any honor at all unless you're brave enough to steal or attack people for no reason. And since they feel that way they'll steal from or attack anyone that's not willing to behave that way. Culture as I've experienced it has a strong gang mentality. And I feel that group mentality is always questionable. I think it's as questionable and unhealthy as a paranoid schizophrenic mentality. People grow up believing that you should honor only those that are smart and advanced enough to not believe in any outdated, ready-made morals, and are strong enough to take what they want with no scruples; and that is respected and rewarded.

So what is more honorable in a situation like that? Being quiet and minding your own business, hoping nobody will do anything bad to you; or openly showing disrespect and condemnation for people that behave selfishly despite how much praise they get in your community? You can be honorable in the way you live your own personal life; but does each person have a responsibility to the rest of the world, to speak up if you're aware and can't forget the wrongs committed around you everyday, and throughout the planet? To at least attempt open discussions as much as possible about what's going on in places beyond your means of assistance. How honorable is the demand for responsibility?