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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,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: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: billg@jk.pst.com Subject: Re: Your english sucks, mine is better. Date: 1997/12/01 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 294321146 References: <65ab3u$v07$1@news.nyu.edu> <65d5pd$3e@netra.montana.edu> <65pcjm$g32@netra.montana.edu> 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: 1997-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <65pcjm$g32@netra.montana.edu>, ljelmore@montana.campus.mci.net says... > >Larry you sound like one of the "it's either black or white" people. > > > That's because it _is_ either black or white, billg. Gray is nothing more > than a mixture of black and white. The shade of gray depends only on the > relative proportions of black and white. Any "gray" situation can be, with > enough insight and analysis, be reduced to spots of black and white that > _appear_ gray from a distance. On virtually any issue where there are two or > more sides, one will find both sides to be gray, usually one somewhat darker > gray than the other. That is to say, there's both black and white on both > sides. I'm not claiming that I can successully separate everything, but in > principle it can be done. If you can prove that it can't be done, I'd like > to see that. But again the grey area is used as a means to exploit, for everyone is not inclined to examine things in such detail. The grey area is what allows the negative aspects of capitalism to thrive. Heard the saying "read between the lines"? > > >Capitalism perfects dishonesty and unethical behaviour so that it is easy > >to get away with it (unseen, unclear or takes advantage of scale to wrong > >many just a little). The devil is in the tactics (the grey areas of > >exploitation etc. for example). Part of the thinking is that everybody > >is doing it so it is acceptable. It is not. That may be a rude > >awakening for some. > > So how is it any different than French feudalism? Roman imperialism? Russian > communism? I don't know. billg