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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 18:43:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > "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?
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> 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.
Wow, that sounds almost as optimistic as my view of the world ;)
I agree that those who work can make opportunities for themselves, but also
that those with opportunities have the dice loaded in their favour towards
gaining new opportunities. Eg. Microsoft. Although, it will be interesting to
see if Suns StarOffice makes any dent in that at all...
> There will always be inequalities of outcome. We can't all be Richard
> Branson. He's earned every penny he has and I for one don't begrudge
> him. Think how much more he'd have accomplished if he didn't have as
> much of his income confiscated by his government..
:) I do respect your view, but I also have my own! I doubt we'll change each
others minds much anyway - and that's fine! Any point re-hashing it or should
we sagely nod and move on?
Richard
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| (...) The latter, I suspect, at least at the basic theory level. I'm more interested in trying to get to the bottom of what I perceive as a "resentment" issue that surfaced again while discussing the Entertainer situation... Seems to me that there (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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