On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Sunder wrote: > > > So from your reply, I'll assume the answer to my "So are you finally > > evolving?" question is still No. > > Sorry, you can't imply anything other than what is openly stated in my > commentary. Implicatives will bite you in the butt. I'll take that to still mean "No" :) > > I, and everyone in the world, is aware that commerce != capitalism, > > Not hardly. To whom does "Not hardly" refer to exactly? Care to point the individual names of those who are not aware that commerce != capitalism so that we can both ask them? > > and that you are avoiding the question. > > And EXACTLY what question might that be? You ramble so much it gets hard > to follow what you're talking about NOW. Deja Vue. Now if you'd only see yourself through that lens. The question I asked you was in this quote: On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Sunder wrote: > Oh, you mean like the parable of the ants and the grasshopper? Where the > ants get the results of the work they put into it, and the grasshopper > who didn't do any work starves and freezes in the winter? > > So now you're saying that the very thing you've had a problem in the > past with because it's capitalism is now a good thing. Which was in response to this message: On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jim Choate wrote: > Don't confuse having a high standard of excellence with simple egotism > (which is the majority of the cases with both your examples). > > And no, a meritocracy isn't disriminatory. You get what you put into it, > not what somebody else thinks it's worth. Since capitalism is a meritocracy (Those who work eat; Those who don't starve) and you've stated that meritocracies are good, are you at long last saying that capitalism is a good thing? ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:camera won't stop a |monitor, or under your keyboard, you \/|\/ /|\ :masked killer, but |don't email them, or put them on a web \|/ + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunder.net ------------