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Ethics poser no challenge

The Spokesman-Review

I was disappointed with columnist Jim Kershner’s illusory conundrum (“Parking jackpot made a lot of sense,” Jan. 23). It should have been a “no-brainer.” Or, simply put, two wrongs don’t make a right.

That the parking moguls may have wronged him in the past does not justify theft. After he left the parking lot, he should have mailed the ticket to the company informing them of the error of their machine. If it errs one way it could easily err the other way and cause grief to an innocent patron.

Kershner had the ability to do good. Instead, he chose to steal services from someone. Ethics are not situational. That type of thinking is why we don’t have term limits and banks can charge the least of us 30 percent interest, which is clearly usurious and not justified by economics. Congress and the banks do it because, like Kershner, they can.

Until ethics becomes a “no-brainer” we will continue to wander aimlessly in the wilderness.

Art Wilson

Spokane



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