On 2014-02-21 11:23 AM, hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote:
Even someone who volunteers in the local soup kitchen feeding the
homeless is doing so under the profit motive. The things is, the
'profit' involved (may) only involve(s) a 'warm fuzzy good
feeling'.
If you read my previous words, I said it wasn't always (though I
think it is usually) some kind of 'financial' profit.
You didn't say it, but it feels like you are talking about "personal
profit". If not, then your definition of "profit" is so broad, that it
is almost meaningless.
Not at all. The fact is, there are many different ways someone can 'profit'.
Another fact is, there has been a concerted effort by some people to
poison the meaning, twisting the meaning of financial profit into being
something bad, as opposed to what it really is - a very *good* thing (it
is a good thing, without it you would DIE).
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/profit?sourceid=mozilla
Take your pick... they are all valid with respect to my comments,
although the one that subtley attempts to create a negative meaning 'to
take advantage: to profit from the WEAKNESS of others' bugs me no end...
People can engage in good (ethical, honest, etc) or bad (unethical,
dishonest, etc) behavior in their pursuit of profit, but it is the
*behavior* (ethical/honest or unethical/dishonest) that is good or bad,
not the result (profit).
