From: omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   jx  wrote in   
   news:MPG.1c6f2105ecfebb3a989689@news.individual.net:   
      
   > In article <1107527705.087464.111370@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,   
   > m.butcher@liv.ac.uk says...   
   >> To summarize, the question as to whether or not we are selling out   
   >> depends on who we ask.  The concept of selling out is defined by who   
   >> we are, our morale viewpoint and what we consider to be "ethically   
   >> immoral" - what goes against our own ethical views?   
   >   
   > hey, u got one right.  ; )   
   >   
   > IMO the whole "selling out" thing depends solely on one criteria.. did   
   > u do something u knew to be wrong for money?   
      
   Heh.  I like that definition - it puts the sell back in selling out.  ;)   
      
   > if u can awnser no, then ur fine.  if u awnser yes u may have   
   > destroyed ur soul in the process.. the voice that tells u this thing   
   > is wrong no longer works properly.. and the end result is ur still   
   > fine.  but i'll try to stick with the no column.   
   >   
   > the concept of "our" ethical views is nonsense.  u will never find a   
   > unifying set of moral principles everyone in this place can agree to,   
   > past a certain basic level.. but even there.. chances are there will   
   > always be someone who disagrees.   
   >   
   >   
   >> >From my point of view, selling out would be buying all your clothes   
   >> from corporate stores (GAP, Topshop etc), only drinking coffee from   
   >> Starbucks, not watching anything that isn't promoted by "the man"...   
   >> in other words, not thinking for yourself.  I suspect many of us   
   >> share similar views, or at least promote free thought, not following   
   >> everything the establishment says and generally doing what we want to   
   >> rather than feeling constrained by public/government opinion.   
   >   
   > people need coffee.  people need clothes.  where they get them doesn't   
      
   "Drink your coffee, children are *sleeping* in India!"   
      
   > matter nearly so much as keeping them from going on kill crazy   
   > rampages in the early hours of the morning because they were thrust   
   > naked and caffiene-free into the dawn.   
   >   
   > do u really need to see my naked ass loping wolf-like down the street   
   > on a search and destroy mission for a latte?   
      
   That depends on how cute your ass is.  ;)   
      
   > i'll kill u yo, and ur family too.  keep ur politics away from my   
   > starbucks!   
      
   Now I'm reminded of http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5137 ...   
      
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