in the philipines, used to happen anyway, if an american
would happen to run over a chicken, his penalty would
be $200, because he was an american

of course you could go to any farmer and buy a
chicken for a couple of bucks, but the american,
so it was argued, would be required to pay for the
dead chicken, and all the eggs that chicken would
have produced over his entire life, supposedly

back in reality land, a chicken is still only a chicken,
it's only a couple of bucks for the rich or the poor

dropping the context, is, well, dropping the context...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert Graf" <mailinglist@FARCITE.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages


> No, there shouldn't, you are expanding "penalty" to include everything,
> which is false.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Jim
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:12
> > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages
> >
> >
> > My envy is toward the middle class - so there
> > should be a "Middle-Class" price too.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > /sarcasm
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "rad0" <rden25@MINDSPRING.COM>
> > To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 10:02 AM
> > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages
> >
> >
> > > rich people should pay more for everything they buy too,
> > > there should be a rich-persons' price, and a normal price
> > >
> > > those damn rich people...
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Herbert Graf" <mailinglist@FARCITE.NET>
> > > To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:32 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages
> > >
> > >
> > > > I agree, you should pay the same penalty. Now, is a $100 fine for
> > someone
> > > > who makes $20000/year the same penalty as a $100 fine for
> > someone making
> > > $1
> > > > million/year? Of course not, $100 could mean the difference between
> > eating
> > > > and not eating for the person with the $20000/year salary, for the
$1
> > > > million/year salary person they won't even notice the $100. I
> > hope this
> > > sort
> > > > of penalty formula comes to North America, maybe the rich would
start
> > > taking
> > > > laws more seriously if a speeding ticket cost them $130000. TTYL
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> > > > > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Dale Botkin
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 20:52
> > > > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > > > > Subject: Re: [OT]: $1-a-day wages
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Bob Blick wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > > I have to admit I don't follow the local police blotter
reports
> > from
> > > > > > > Finland, so I don't know what the average speeding ticket is
> > > > > there.  I do
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hehe... It's based on your income. His ticket was over US $100K.
> > > > >
> > > > > That would piss me right off...  if I commit the same offense as
Joe
> > > > > Schmoe a block away, I should expect to pay the same penalty.
Some
> > > brands
> > > > > of "social justice" don't make any sense to me...  one more
> > reason I'm
> > > not
> > > > > looking to emigrate to some "worker's paradise".
> > > > >
> > > > > Dale
> > > > >
> >
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