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: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fdb77,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gidfdb77,public X-Google-Thread: 10c950,90121986704b5776 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c950,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: 294321147 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <65iclc$cms$5@darla.visi.com> <65p7v8$f0j@netra.montana.edu> <65s24n$8mn@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: > >Someone illuded to the common practice of a business > >strategy that is unethical initially to "get ahead" and then play fair > >(or act like it). To me that's a good case for forfeiture similar to > >illegal drug operations. > > > >It's not that capitalism is "bad", it's just that in practice it breeds > >wrong doing because it attracts those who are greedy and clever who take > >advantage. It's the perfect crime. Unfortunately, it's one against > >humanity. > > Name one system where that isn't equally true. Just name _one_ out of > history! In practice, it's human stupidity, ignorance and gullibility that > breed wrong doing because it attracts those who are greedy and clever who > take advantage... No, no Larry. Preying on the weak, the unfortunate, the unknowing is not a desireable characteristic. It should be "bred out". > > >This way of thinking is met with opposition by many because they have > >large investments and stand to lose if the details of their unethical > >strategies and tactics (their "capitalist" success formula) become dinner > >table talk. It's time to bring the taboo out of the closet. > > What in the world do you mean by "out of the closet"? This bilge has been > circulating for centuries and is no "secret". Wait. "Bilge". > > That's it! billg = bilge! Oh criminy, this has been one long troll the whole > time! Or fortune has smiled upon the rest of us, oh billg, for giving you > such an appropriate and revealing username... Nah, you're over thinking. To the masses, the strategies and tactics are successfully applied on every new generation. It _is_ a secret especially perhaps at lower levels of econonic means and education and to the trusting young. Human behaviour is one thing, creating institutional and organizational unwritten "policy" to act unethically on a larger scale for personal gain is a crime against humanity. billg