I think the point was that he's not willing to or interrested in earning money at the expense of his principals, and so while he invests with the hope of earning money, he's not willing to invest in companies which he sees compromising those principals. How far are you willing to go to earn your money? Are you willing to kill for it? Are you willing to support people who kill for it as long as you don't have to do the killing yourself? Are you willing to support the practices of companies which encourage things like the Etheopean famine of the 80's which was caused in large part by the policies of the WTO? If you believe that tobacco products are harmful not only to smokers but to others as well, do you continue to invest in tobacco companies if you think they'll make you money? Or do you preserve your own principals at the expense of money possibly gained? I agree with Rob personally : some things (people primarily although not solely) are more important than money.
Original Message ----------------------- The Stock Market is all about money. That's the first rule of investing. Buying or selling stocks based on any other ideas is just silly. Good luck with that. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 12:58 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: MS CF? Well, welcome to America where you vote means nothing unless there is an amount of money tied to it. I buy stocks in companies where I like their business practices, think they have good products, and approve of how they treat their staff. Sometimes I loose money, often I make money. Because in the end how you run your business is how you wind up being treated - in this world or the next. I disapprove of a lot of Microsoft's business practices, and I think they are an ethically bad company. They make money - yes - but that is all they do. Plus I sleep *really* well. ALL IMHO as it is my funny green pieces of paper that we have put value on. (If you think it's all about the money - I pity you) Rob -----Original Message----- From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:39 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: MS CF? Why would you sell it? I'm no Wall St. slickster, but wouldn't you make out well if you were suddenly in possession of $54 MS stock in exchange for your $11 MM shares? > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 11:32 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > Ha, from the Robertson-Ravo news source :) > > Guess now I *don't* have to sell my Macromedia stock, whew! > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 9:04 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > its not > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Rohan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 December 2002 17:07 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: MS CF? > > > Please tell me this isn't true. > > Rob > > http://treebeard.sourceforge.net > http://ruinworld.sourceforge.net > Scientia Est Potentia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Len Conrad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:07 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: MS CF? > > > http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/28667.html > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
