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Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 4 Dec 1999 04:12:22 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Stanley writes:
> So yeah, speaking in a strictly feel-good kind of warm-fuzzy way, I
> almost agree with you. A person who makes 1/50th of what another
> person makes may just want some limited item just as much, may
> "deserve" it just as much.
Thankyou for *considering* my points - sometimes it seems like an all too rare
thing on usenet forums!
> But in my cynical "the world sucks and most people do too so we just
> gotta make the best of it" way, I know that it doesn't really matter
> if the low-paid person wants the high-priced toy as much as the
> high-paid person. The high-paid person usually gets it.
I'm trying to resist the pull of cynicism myself, I don't know how well I
succeed sometimes!
> Really, though, does it matter? It's just stuff.
Very true - if you can't be happy without a certain Lego set, then the problem
isn't with your lack of Lego. (1)
Richard
(1) Speaking from a philosophical viewpoint of course, hopefully protecting me
from cries of "Blasphemy!" :)
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| (...) You know, while my basic response to this would be, "yeah, I know, some people, through no fault of their own and through no lack of hard work, will simply never make a fraction of the money Larry makes, but that's just reality, we deal with (...) (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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