From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Date: Fri Feb 21 1997 - 18:11:23 MST
> ...can compare weight and length with "benevolence". It's like I was
> discussing what kind of music I like, and someone says "Yeah, Bach is
> OK, but what about Fettucine Alfredo?" >>
>
> No way, Marinara is much better thatn either! ; P
> Re: twas but a reply to *your* comparison of an act of trade to all
> otheracts of beauty, and BTW, it seemed you thought it WAS of high value in
> itself (which I would have to agree with BTW) and the highest moral value you
> knew of..."No value better than the dollar." Either you are backtracking or I
> am sorry if I misunderstood.
That may have been a moment of rhetorical vagueness on my part. I think
my words were "no /measure/ of value better than the dollar, no act more
fundamentally moral than trade. Either way, it was a bit more poetic
than rigorous, and I can understand why it might be misinterpreted.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lcrocker.html>
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