Originally Posted by
lil brown bat
Forget "fall to their level" -- that's something that teachers say to grade school kids when they want to emotionally manipulate them into good behavior. Try "I'm not going to get arrested, fined, fired, sued or stomped". That's what keeps most people out of trouble, if they have the wit to imagine the consequences of their actions.
That may be true, but I happen to believe in not lowering my levels of societally acceptable behavior because of someone else's actions. Not getting "arrested, fined, fired, sued or stomped" is an equal consideration to me.