From: Randall Randall (wolfkin@freedomspace.net)
Date: Wed Jun 05 2002 - 21:49:03 MDT
Barbara Lamar wrote:
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> Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>
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>>I share you repugnance, but not because it's "greed"--that's a
>>noble thing.
>
> I'll avoid doing business with you, Mr. Crocker, if you believe that "an
> excessive desire to acquire or possess, as wealth or power, beyond what one
> needs or deserves" is a noble thing.
Well, who decides what is "excessive"; what one "needs" or "deserves"?
Since you're quoting that definition, I assume you believe that you
have a dollar figure above which a person is being greedy? Care to
share that figure, so we can all judge ourselves? :)
-- Randall Randall <randall@randallsquared.com> Crypto key: randall.freedomspace.net/crypto.text ...what a strange, strange freedom: only free to choose my chains... -- Johnny Clegg
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