Ah, I get it. Predatory interest Vulture interest Rapine interest Scavenger interest Preying interest Forager interest
________________________________________________ Rui Correia Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Consultant 2 Cutten St, Horison, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, South Africa Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336 Cell (+27) (0) 83-368-1214 "Quando a verdade é substituída pelo silêncio, o silêncio é uma mentira" - Yevgeny Yevtushenko "When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie" - Yevgeny Yevtushenko -----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: 16 December 2006 00:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] query: the opposite of a "vested interest" no, I'm talking about greedy people who are accumulating power and wealth. I know that "capitalist" seems like a sufficient word, but I'm looking for something to contrast with _conservative_ "vested interests." Michael Perelman's "naked" interest is good, as in "naked self-interest." But those involved in naked self-interest drape themselves with self-serving public-spirited rhetoric just as much as the conservative versted interests do. On 12/15/06, Rui Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Concerned interest? > Altruistic interest? > > > ________________________________________________ > > > Rui Correia > Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Consultant > 2 Cutten St, > Horison, Roodepoort, > Johannesburg, South Africa > Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336 > Cell (+27) (0) 83-368-1214 > > "Quando a verdade é substituída pelo silêncio, o silêncio é uma mentira" - > Yevgeny Yevtushenko > "When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie" - Yevgeny > Yevtushenko > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine > Sent: 14 December 2006 19:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PEN-L] query: the opposite of a "vested interest" > > a "vested interest" refers to some individual or organization that > defends its power and privilege. What's the opposite of this, i.e., a > group that aims to extend its power and privilege? so far, all I can > think of is "aggressive interest." (or maybe a "suited interest," > including not only the vest but the jacket and the pants?) > > BTW, I avoid the term "special interest" because that presumes the > existence of a general interest. > > -- > Jim Devine / "The human being is in the most literal sense a political > animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can > individuate itself only in the midst of society." -- Karl Marx. > -- Jim Devine / "The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society." -- Karl Marx.
