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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 20:57:55 GMT
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Richard Franks wrote:
> My personal view is that it's nicer to give 20 people 1 thing, than give 1
> person 20 things (related specifically to Lego deals in this example). That
> doesn't logically extend to saying that the one person who has the 20 things is
> bad, or has less right to them. I think that attitude would be unreasonable.
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> Richard
This might seem obtuse, but...
Imagine a lunch room at a public school. You have 20 nickles. Do you
give 20 hungry kids one nickle each, or give one of them all 20 so they
can get lunch?
I'm only pointing out exceptions to your 'rule.'
Chris
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| (...) It's not obtuse, just irrelevant, as I did state that the example was related "specifically to Lego deals" - as I predicted such a response with my amazing predicto-vision, and tried to avoid it :) It did also mention the flaw in trying to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Sounds good :) (...) My personal view is that it's nicer to give 20 people 1 thing, than give 1 person 20 things (related specifically to Lego deals in this example). That doesn't logically extend to saying that the one person who has the 20 (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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