Hmmm ... up to 'saving the world' all alone? It's already been attempted - that cross has been 'borne' already Scott ... Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Stephens" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages > From: Dale Botkin > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages > > > >On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Bob Blick wrote: > > > >> Oh, I forgot, those big corporations don't go into third world countries > >> in order to make gobs of money. They do it to help the starving people. > >> That's what the shareholders want more than anything else, social justice > >> :) > > > Indeed! Piss on their backs and call it rain. Use them like toilet paper and > tell them its chocolate. "Its for your own good (I exploit you)"! "Don't > make me beat you up"! I must find the historical list of all the reasons > slavery was justified. > > >Bob, crows are ugly, nasty birds, but they do serve their purpose. Ditto > >for cockroaches, worms, hyenas, mold... it doesn't have to be pretty to > >serve an important purpose. > > If you were weak or stupid, would you want to be exploited or educated? Do > you advocate allowing predators freedom to exploit others? By what standard > you judge, you will be judged. And with what measure ye mete out 'justice', > 'justice' shall be meted unto you. If you want to play by the laws of the > jungle, dominating and degrading with force and deception, don't be > surprized if sowing such seed reaps a harvest of violence. > > > I can remember many times reading about > >civilizations that flourished and grew because of trade and commerce, but > >can't for the life of me recall one that thrived on charity or > >redistribution of wealth. > > > >8-) > > > >Dale > > > No civilization has ever known much peace has it? > > Scott > > ********************************************************** > In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled > if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our Government is the > potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the > whole people by its example. > > Justice Brandeis - Olmstead v. US, 277 U.S. 438(1928) > ********************************************************** > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body