[empressplay]

The point here is _everyone_ has an agenda.

_Everyone_.

There are "no clean hands".

_Never_ forget it. Learn to live around it.

[baq]

the point is that if it's only you that learns to live around it, you still lose.

[dhimes]

This is an important point- not sure why you're getting downvoted.

I'll rephrase: If you're in a game and you're the only one playing by the rules, you're going to lose.