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(...) Regulations that shield companies....... Sounds familiar, and one of the biggest impediments to customers getting a fair deal in the shops here in the UK and Europe. Consumer goods cost more in the UK than in our competitor's shops. For (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hrmmm, you've used the phrase "your morals are fundamentally flawed" before to describe your opinion of the morals of people who think it is ok to pull the price tags off merchandise to try to get a lower price. I think you also mentioned (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I volunteer to be my brother's LEGO keeper. That's using 'brother' in the spiritual sense, of course. Sisters, too. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<366C4892.B09B99C3@c...OSPAM.com> <F3M8Bn.6nD@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) No no no!! To be selfish is not evil. To be selfish (that is, to do things that are pro-survival, to act in (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Finally, someone else that agrees with me that kids suck. Just say no to procreation. Raise cats, they're less expensive. If you want to cuddle miniature people, befriend a midget or visit your nieces and nephews, I say. This said, of course, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I have to agree with Jesse on this one point. Jesse Long wrote in message ... (...) dog. (...) Biologically, (and I don't think humans have transcended their roots yet) cooperation is *only* undertaken when the end results benefit the individuals (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <366C4892.B09B99C3@c...AM.com>... (...) I do think that people have a sense of right and wrong, and that when they do wrong they usually know it. But if people are good, then they should choose to do good. We have (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Doesn't it make you just laugh, when you see examples of such people used on news programs concerning poverty, advocacy for minimum wage, etc. Fine, they maybe on low/lower-income, have families to support, whatever. Then you see what they (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<366C20C0.1D3A29CA@c...OSPAM.com> <F3M105.K52@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Certainly conquerors and war happen, and certainly there is murder, theft, abuse, and hate, but don't tell ME (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <366C20C0.1D3A29CA@c...AM.com>... (...) Please tell me you don't believe this. You'd lose the shread of respect I have for your intellect if you do. Read the news. Every day is full of murder, theft, abuse, and hate. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<F3KMny.FDD@lugnet.com> <F3Lxqn.GrG@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Moz (Chris Moseley)" wrote: Deliberately inflammatory reply by me follows.. (...) That's claptrap. Normal people are (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Jesse Long wrote in message ... (...) I dunno - it produced the French Revolution, which was not all bad. (...) Also a strong point of that extreme radical, Henry Ford. This was mentioned in the Time magazine issue on business leaders, if you're (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<366A9CDD.FC0E00B2@c...OSPAM.com> <slrn76lja1.k7.cjc@V...S.UTK.EDU> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Yes. Makes me ill. (...) Yes. (...) You're saying the same thing I am if you think about it. At (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<366A0E48.901D7C85@c...OSPAM.com> <F3J7pC.EGt@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've read through most of the responses to this, and I have to add that the Unemployment level directly affects the (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Message-Id: <slrn76mqie.11f.cjc@...S.UTK.EDU> X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.3 UNIX) D <F3KMny.FDD@lugnet.com> Reply-To: cjc@newsguy.com Followup-To: (...) As for 2) I don't think "government" has anything to do with protecting the common good. The (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote in message ... (...) That's basically the best argument for MW, because it's fairly accurate. There are times in the economic cycle (such as in the Depression) when there are way too few jobs, and market forces would push (...) (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote (...) One minor point Larry: this presumes that the employer will pay what the job is worth, rather that the minimum required to attract staff. I would object to that practice were I a shareholder. The minimum wage is similar (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I happen to know someone who seems to hold these beliefs. I once had to hear him whine and complain about how our employer had to pay him more because he was behind in his bills and would never catch up and be able to buy a house if they (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<366A0E48.901D7C85@c...OSPAM.com> <F3J7pC.EGt@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) OK, briefly. This is purely an economic analysis. Anyone who wishes to prattle about how people have rights (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) One of the arguments against the introduction of a minimum wage in the UK. The practise of some firms to pay near slave-labour wages in this country provide numerous examples of how *not* working can pay more, through unemployment and other (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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