RE: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Thursday, July 26, 2001 4:29 PM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

> >> I don't understand what you are trying to say.
> > 
> > Simple. You say an emotional value can be converted into dollars, so
> > I ask you to prove that point by converting the emotional value "love
> > for your wife" into the value "dollars".
> > 
> Then chose another example, because what you said was not the
> conversion of "love for your wife" to dollars, but "a remote chance
> that the kidnappers will honour the agreement and release her" to
> dollars.

Actually, kidnapping was part only of my first example. The second example
did not include kidnapping; but maybe I should have made that clear when I
asked you to prove your point.   <smile>


> But "love for your wife" can have a value in dollars; how many people
> have lost it for selling their souls to jobs that the wife hated? Or
> by spending too much hours outside home for money? Or even by
> prostitution?

You and John have repeatedly stated that this conversion is possible, but I
don't get a straight answer when I ask for proof. So, again, please prove
your point by converting the emotional value "love for your wife" into the
value "dollars". No kidnapping, no "what other people might do", just make
the conversion.

Thank you.


Jeroen

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