Comments on: Lethal Generosity Revisited

By: Rick Horowitz

Rick Horowitz — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:22:41 +0000

I’ve always thought that the entire defense bar — and, more importantly, its clients — benefits when briefs and other information are generously shared. My ideal workday would end in the style of a Boston Legal or Raising The Bar episode, with attorney friends sitting around sharing war stories and discussing ideas over a drink or three.

By: Jdog

Jdog — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:41:40 +0000

Yup. True for any trade/profession/thing. All sorts of benefits to giving out honest, legit praise — and some of them fall on the bestower. This is a feature, not a bug; virtue need not be punished.

By: Larry Standley

Larry Standley — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:17:12 +0000

What is slander?

1)
A verdict of “guilty” pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defense or appeal, by an interested and prejudiced judge.
– Joseph Roux

2)
The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.
Author: Jonathan Swift

By: Mark Bennett

Mark Bennett — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:43:34 +0000

You have never offered your business card to someone you’ve met socially?

By: shg

shg — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:13:04 +0000

Well that wasn’t very generous to me. And it’s not quite accurate, since marketing as collateral consequence of activity done without marketing purpose is only marketing as part of a marketer’s self-serving definition. It’t the intent of the actor, not the unintended consequence, that defines conduct. We do not all market.