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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:00:32 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes:

I don't think that is "wrong" for some people have more than others, but
that it would be "good" if things were more equal; it's an important
distinction.

Before I'm pounced upon, that statement isn't meant to be an
all-encompassing answer for the worlds ails - I'm not quite glib enough to
say that,

This NEEDS to go to off-topic.debate, followups set there.

Ooops - yep, thanks!


Suffice it to say that I'd not care to live in a world where everything
was "equal".

Agreed - equality doesn't have to be applied universally to make some things
more "equal". I don't think that I implied that everything in the world should
be "equal".


To me, "equal" means taking away from those of ability and
giving to the undeserving.

"Undeserving" is a very ambiguous term, do you mean those who don't work hard,
or those who didn't have the educational or environmental chances that would
have enabled them to enter a career where they have the opportunity to gain
above average financial reward?

Richard



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  Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
 
(...) The former. Those who work hard make their own chances and get their own opportunities, therefore don't need help from some sort of scheme to make things "equal" as long as the government they're under isn't actively suppressing rights. There (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
 
(...) This NEEDS to go to off-topic.debate, followups set there. Suffice it to say that I'd not care to live in a world where everything was "equal". To me, "equal" means taking away from those of ability and giving to the undeserving. (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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