Give me a break. 1) Chavez is somewhere else, we have homegrown loss of liberty to worry about. Let the Venezuelans be Venezuelans.
2) This is possibly the most specious argument I have ever seen. Some company has potentially useful products therefore corpporations are good?? 3) It's pretty far from random. Dana On 2/22/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > yanno... almost as much time has been wasted on this as on Hugo > > Chavez. I just don't see why reducing emissions would be a bad thing, > > whether they are responsible for global warming or not. Big > > corporations would have us believe otherwise, but since when did they > > have our best interests in mind? > > > > (1.) Chavez. If you're unconcerned about new dictatorships and the > death and mayhem that will inevitably ensue, then Chavez is > unconcerning. If, on the other hand, needless suffering bothers you, > then Chavez does concern you and discussion about his is not a waste > of time. > > (2.) Corporations. While the conceptual organization doesn't care > about people, the practical organization does. I'd bet if you looked > at charitable contributions including both money and time you'd find > that corporations are quite generous. And further the *promise* of > *becoming* a corporation is responsible for untold advances in > science, medicine, and technology that have increased all of our > lifespans. As one quick example, take Sirtris: > > "if it succeeds, its medicines may retard the onset or progression of > a whole slew of age-related diseases, from diabetes to Alzheimer's to > cancer. The drugs may also have an extremely provocative side effect: > They might extend life span. You have to go back to the advent of > antibiotics in the first half of the 20th century to find such broad > therapeutic potential. > > (3.) Emissions. There's probably all kinds of things humans "emit" > that we could cut. Your point is that we should just randomly pick > something and then spend billions eliminating it for no apparent > reason? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228719 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
