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[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

Which speaks louder to you: actions or words?

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[knowthenbreak.livejournal.com]

Actions. It's easy to say something, harder to act on it.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

But do actions mean as much to you if they're not backed up by words?

[knowthenbreak.livejournal.com]

Sometimes people don't or feel they can't say certain things, so they do it with actions.

I'd prefer actions not backed by words to words not backed by action. Having both is ideal, but actions mean more to me.

[pendletongirl.livejournal.com]

Actions. Definitely.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

Why?

[pendletongirl.livejournal.com]

Because people can say things and not always mean them. Actions are always more honest.

[star-core.livejournal.com]

Neither is more important to me.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

You find them to be of equal importance?

[star-core.livejournal.com]

Yes. It all works together... if someone keeps saying they like me, but treating me terribly, I won't believe them.

And if someone treats me nicely but tells me they hate me...

[firemotion.livejournal.com]

Neither. It's the intent behind both of them.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

Interesting answer. Why?

[firemotion.livejournal.com]

Both can be used as a false front. If you can figure out the meaning and intent behind either one, though, it makes things easier.

[darling-lore.livejournal.com]

If they aren't contradicting each other, then I'd say words. It's simply easier to fully and consciously understand what another person means by their words. But.. if they're saying one thing and doing another, then you can't really trust their words, so.. actions.

Bleh, I'm sorry. What a convoluted answer.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

Not convoluted at all.

I very much agree with you.

[darling-lore.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good to hear. (:

Why so interested in the topic?

[layered-con.livejournal.com]

Depends on who's doin' the talkin' or actin', Red. I got some people I'd never believe anythin' comin' out a their mouths, others I know ain't got a deceitful bone in their body.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

That's true, Sawyer.

But some people can lie just as easily through actions, don't you think?

[layered-con.livejournal.com]

Oh, certainly. Just used examples about the chattin' side of things. That's jist why it comes down to the person. No use havin' a set way of understandin' people, since everyone's different.

[alan_shore]

Actions.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

Why's that, Alan?

[alan_shore]

Because an action can't be taken back or denied. Because action is a form of commitment, whereas words are (at most) merely an expression of it.

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

Actions.

But words are often more beautiful.

[fever-crusade.livejournal.com]

But do the actions mean as much to you without the words to illustrate them?

[hell-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

... Yes. Yes they do.

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Actions.