Why honor is an unspoken code
Which once spoken out loud is immediately forfeited
Those who have gone to law, or sworn to uphold the law as such, forfeit their honor in so doing. Plaintiffs in court are deemed “thieves in law” until they have overcome the burden of proving their claims by a preponderance of the evidence.
Neither the courts nor the people take kindly to light and petty matters brought frivolously for litigation; those plaintiffs and their attorneys must always bear the mark of “obnoxious litigants” in their business and personal dealings with others.
Honor is trustworthiness in matters that should not ever need to be spoken of, trust and integrity in total privacy and freedom from surveillance.
Those who offer questionable or non-existent services and then bring claims for the same in court, or on public records or directly at debt collection agencies, cannot be afforded that honor by customers or outsiders who might be shopping or hoping to purchase certain goods or hire providers of certain services.
The old-fashioned point of view of “strict liability” and “the customer is always right” must apply to professionals and businessmen who are not only moderately skilled at some trade, but highly skilled at making money in the business of offering goods and/or services in that trade.
Capitalism requires honor, and the “hats” of all the various trades and lines of work must be taken off for honor and basic common sense and honesty. An electrician who is honorable in following all electrical codes to the T and yet steals jewelry cannot be trusted to wire burglar alarms, nor can a physician who is faithful to the Oath of Hippocrates and yet steals horses be trusted with medication that affects balance and coördination.