On 9/2/05, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then why have no companies begun engineering this public good? > Shouldn't the logic of capitalism, as you've presented it, make such a > project a priority?
Perhaps their accountants are busy calculating the net present value of various human lives. Which is to say, not without irony, that economic value is not the bottom line, even though our society behaves that way a great deal of the time. Too much, in my opinion. We need a new bottom line, which balances economic value with others, such as health, education, environment, public infrastructure, a social safety net and a lot of other "leftie" stuff... ;-) Any hey, why do the Bald Eagles at the National Aviary -- both of them! -- have their left wings missing? Huh? How come? It's like a bad joke, since the Scaife family is apparently its biggest financial supporter. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
