-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Tanstaafl: > 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). >
Then you ignore self-destructive behaviour which is a common thing in this world. It can even be intentional, causing no emotional, financial, social or intellectual profit. Maybe you have never met such a person or have never been in such an environment. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJTB4oUAAoJEFpvPKfnPDWzKwkH/jZMgmx20pvKBJBSHBzVgzYn GCEo4y6OVLKR4MkOMFPbgDh0OiPyLAGwj9A2QJmstTO2UN9LVwdkZLZIT1V4/kK9 3UGoxz5Q/vgLawnJxKesBmq0Qq1acwaEXojT/tngBpLStYvOcNU3Mq4kDlzAcOJ3 tDVoUpxV7fvsAjJZ7hd4LXVWN3vYC/8AYnAfO6K9Cb+VlGIkGDZ6bYDs0k8Wflxn jdEYdsh0k1Bbr5aDZGXRO9pZl7scLRr8SJha0DJwIhc5ZuazyXrX9R8SNw+QSjN8 NiGUIRWMjvwKuziFqRWCGyOJVpbyoaJkg1fxcOHlWvOyHHcOM9TSHHhhGL7Bg3E= =U4Qh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
