From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10261c,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: billg@jk.pst.com Subject: Re: Your english sucks, mine is better. Date: 1997/11/24 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 292337944 References: <65ab3u$v07$1@news.nyu.edu> <65ctht$jbt$1@news01.micron.net> Organization: IDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.lang.pascal.ansi-iso,comp.lang.pascal.misc Date: 1997-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <65ctht$jbt$1@news01.micron.net>, rre2251@idahopower.bitmosphere.com says... > billg@jk.pst.com wrote in message ... > >In article , nojunkmail@ever.com says... > >> That's incorrect. One can still be a capitalist, and still have ethics, > >> honesty, and integrity. > >> They aren't mutually exclusive. > >> > >> Dennis > > > >In practice though, you'd be hard pressed to use a corporation (or > >capitalist) as an example of any of those things. Those that try to > >practice those characteristics don't do as well and are regarded as "not > >a good fit" for business. They just don't worship money enough to do the > >things that accumulate it (money, power) the best. Ever heard this: "you > >don't want to be a manager--you have values!"?. > > > >billg > > Yowza! I don't think you'll get an agreement on this from a group > that tends to see things as 0's and 1's, black and white, right > and wrong. Shades of gray are hard to justify to the engineering > mindset. > > > > And hence, they get abused by those who "capitalize" via manipulation within the grey area! You're right. That is key too. Society needs a turn around. That "grey area" is where business (capitalism) mostly resides. It needs to move to the realm where there is "no question" until the grey becomes a darker color. Those already entrenched in the ways aren't gonna like it though as it means a shift in the wealth. (And they have guns!). billg