CP wrote --
 
> "Love your neighbour as yourself" id easily * oft quoted, but people tyhink it means "in the same way"; when it actually means "for the same reason" 

  Concur.

> Like one visiting speaker said at Missionsfest about 25 years ago, "You don't necessarily have to be Baptist to get to Heaven, but why on Earth would you take any chances?"

  Like the old joke.
  A man dies and is being given a tour of heaven and sees all sorts of
wonderful things.
  Then the man and guide come to a tall wall that goes on an on.
  The man asks what the wall is for and the guide replies: "Oh, on the
other side are Baptists.  They like to think they are the only ones here"
  (One can insert any denomination they prefer for Baptists).
 
> Best line I heard was a British comic who said, "I am not speaking with an accent; this is just how English sounds when pronounced correctly."

  LOL. 

> Yup; I have much respect for supers & managers who take up the job as needed to ensure customers are being served to high standards.

  I am the type who is out there doing what the others are doing.
  Because I'm a lieutenant doesn't mean I sit back watching others do
something I wouldn't (or haven't) done.  I've had superior officers (and civilian
bosses) in the past who didn't lift a finger to help others, feeling that is
somehow beneath them.
   To me because I have "sticks of butter" on my collar doesn't mean I am
better than a new hire.
   Then again I believe having some rank doesn't mean I should be doing
whatever.  People should be rewarded for their work and not HAVE to do
something.
   I prefer leading by example than fiat.

>  Not my job, except in the sense my main job is to do what I can to ensure the company serves its customers & meets its bottom-line needs as best as possible.

  Yep.
  I also believe in training and equipping a person to do the job and let
them do it.  I don't micromanage.
  If someone isn't working out in whatever job then find someone who is
able and willing to do it and find a more suitable job for the first person.
  
> I read his other big one, Animal Farm, & found it just as insightyful 

  I read that many years ago.  I should re-read it, along with Brave New
World.

> Like here in BC, where, as part of Canada, we're basically gun-free

  I have never understood gun free zones.
  I suppose to some people it gives a sense of security but it also tells
the bad guy that is open territory.
  I have never heard of some bad guy changing his mind seeing a gun free
zone sign and going elsewhere to do whatever he was going to do.
  WV is a conceal carry state and some bad guy doesn't know if he his prey
is armed or not.
  Our violent crime rate is relatively low.  We have B&E's, etc but the guy
breaking into the house doesn't if the place is protected by a scared person
curled up in a fetal position in the corner or meeting them with a gun.
  Like the old joke.
  A Texan is pulled over in a northern state for speeding.
  The trooper sees a loaded handgun on the passenger seat and asks if he
has a permit for it.
  The Texan replies he does and produces the paperwork.
  The trooper asks if he has any others and the Texan pulls out a couple
more from the glove box, and shows the troopers rifles and shotguns in the
trunk.
  The trooper asks what the Texan is afraid of and he replies "Not a danged
thing son, not a danged thing".
  Switzerland doesn't have a standing army, but all able bodied men are
members of the militia and issued weapons which they keep at home.  Since every
home has weapons, the crime rate there is very low.
  Joe
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