From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:05:48 +1200, Zeborah   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > Joy Beeson  wrote:   
      
   >> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:15:24 +1200, zeborah@gmail.com   
   >> (Zeborah) wrote:   
      
   >>>> It is very rare for someone to hand someone else the   
   >>>> contents of his wallet, or his television and stereo,   
   >>>> without getting anything  observable in exchange.   
      
   >>> What a terrible world you live in.  In my world that   
   >>> kind of thing happens quite frequently.   
      
   >> I have pulled money out of my wallet to give to someone   
   >> many times, but I've never once given the contents of my   
   >> wallet to anybody, not even my spouse.   
      
   >> I guess I'm a terrible person.   
      
   >   How do you get from "A world where these actions   
   > were rare would be a terrible world" to "A person who   
   > doesn't do these actions is a terrible person"?   
      
   > I mean, I see that the statements are not *opposites*, but   
   > they're sure as hell not synonymous.   
      
   You also said 'that kind of thing', not 'that'.   
      
   Brian   
      
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