You got it right Gonzo. We deal with people we think are good, and they turn out to be rotten. We choose not to deal with people who are rotten.
However, it doesn't mean that every person we would with has the same high standards. We can deal with someone who isn't rotten, but many of the people they do work with are. We are only one step away from them, and in a connect the dots type of scenerio, we are all only a couple of connections away from something putrid. Even EJ, who seems to think he is made of teflon or something...