Ghost91 said:
EskimoJoe said:
Whatever happened to treating others how you would like to be treated?
'The Golden Rule' of "Do unto others as you've had done to you" is no longer good enough.
At my Company's last mandatory Diversity training thing, the instructor actually criticized the Golden Rule and announced 'The Platinum Rule' - "Do unto others as THEY'D have done to THEM".
Don't treat them the way that YOU want to be treated, but the way THEY want to be treated.
I'm not joking.
How would you rather be treated? The way someone else thinks you should be treated, or the way you want to be treated?
The instructor's criticism of the golden rule is moot. It is only expressed in terms or THEY instead or YOU to spark discussion and to get people to think about it. In reality, both expressions mean the same thing. You should treat others they way they want to be treated.
Let's say you were named Marion, after your father's grandfather. Suppose it is a family tradition, every firstborn son is named for the father's grandfather. You hated the name as a kid and teased about it in school. As soon as you could, you started telling people your name was Mark.
In a few years, everyone knows you as Mark, but legally you name was still Marion. A guy at work sees your driver license one day as asks you who Marion is. You tell him that you are Marion, but you prefer to be called Mark.
Would it be right if this guy started calling you Marion at work, instead of Mark? He knows you don't like it, but he justifies his behavior by saying he prefers calling people by their "real" name. He is just treating you the way he wants to be treated, and that's how it should be, right?
It is much easier to fool someone than it is to convince someone that he has been fooled.
