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|    Re: Taking Sides... or not?    |
|    06 Feb 05 17:19:44    |
      From: idont@wanna.hearit              In article <1986a2df.0502051554.42240bec@posting.google.com>,       m.butcher@liv.ac.uk says...              [snip]              > So you'd agree that, in general, we share the concept of selling out       > as something to be avoided, which you claim is doing something wrong       > for money. I suppose the exact definition of "selling out" is not       > something we'll all agree on, but surely we do share the ethical view       > that selling out is something immoral and unethical to us? In fact,       > in the CP Commandments would probably have "Thou Shalt Not Sell Out"       > pretty high up the list.       > Which is an entirely different post...              we can agree that u have an urge to categorize, label and define. there       are worse fates but i don't share this one .. i'll tell u what.. decide       on what the rules are and fax me a copy, i'll do my best to pretend i'm       complying.                            > Now tell me where your money is doing the most "good"? That is what       > selling out is (IMO). Selling out is giving money to a corporate wage       > slave (who has the customer service of a dead wombat, the attention       > span of Dubyah and the future of Iran) so they can go out next Friday       > and Saturady night, get hammered and then come back to repeat. I'd       > rather give my cash to someone who is working for himself and his/her       > family's shop.              i'm fortunate enough to be self employed .. but i'm rare. most people       aren't, and can't be.. either because thier skills don't lend themselves       to it or because thier just not comfortable with the responsibility.              such is life. anyway i'm really tired of debating the "rules" and       guidelines of anything with anyone.. its just not for me. so u guys go       ahead and do it and like i said.. shoot me over a copy when u'v got it       all hammered out.              i'll make it one of my primary action items.              ..       alias              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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