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> >Just curious, do you ever feel that there is just reason to break your 
> word, once you give it?  Let me be more specific, and this question is 
> really for everyone...In a homestead deal, regarding land, as in Don's 
> case, or a homestead resource, like wood for heat, or even seed 
> saving,,,is it ever okay to go against your word, and if so under what 
> conditions?
> 


Is it ever OK to steal from someone??   

Oh, one can come up with a scenario in order to remove absolutism from the 
topic.  Suppose you were with a family member and they became seriously 
injured and you needed to get them to medical treatment immediately, life or 
death, and there was a car near by with the keys in it.  Are you justified in 
"stealing" that car?   Yes, of course you are.

But then again, if someone said, "If you steal that car, you will go to 
jail for two years for car theft,"  would you steal it anyway to save a 
family 
member's life?  Yes, of course you would.  

So here's my answer to your question,  go back on your word when you are 
willing to suffer the consequences of doing so.  If the benefits of reneging 
on your word outweigh the consequences of doing so, then that's when you do 
it.  

There are times when you might have to steal something, there are times 
when you might have to kill someone.  Dire circumstances might force you into 
all sorts of behavior in which you might otherwise not engage.  But those 
potential dire circumstances do not justify nor mitigate larceny and murder.  
The same holds true for looking for circumstances when it is OK to go back on 
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