From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 09:47:36 MDT
On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 03:04 am, Hubert Mania wrote:
> Now, that' s a surprise. If you're right, then this pretty common
> example of the rich
> being arrogant and ignorant when it comes to poor people, gets a spin
> into an even more
> cynical direction. I always thought the princess was talking about
> real cake, no por man
> could even dare to afford. Nobody I heard or read, ever used this
> story with your kind
> of twist. I didn`t know that. Gives another spin to the story. Thanks
> for the
> information.
I had heard that the bakers in France were using the scarce wheat to
make rich cakes at high prices and that there was no cheap bread being
made that poorer people could afford. To counter this the decree was
made that when the bakery ran out of cheap bread they would have to
let people eat cake in place of bread (at the same price) rather than
go hungry while the baker was full of over-priced food.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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