On Sunday, September 23, 2001, at 04:25 PM, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 07:35:58AM -0400, Steve Furlong > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: >> Karsten M. Self wrote: >> >>> ...neatly sidestepping the fact that fraud is a crime, stupidity >>> isn't. >> >> Stupidity _is_ a natural crime. Mommy states have attempted to repeal >> that law, but succeed mainly in redirecting the costs of stupidity from >> the stupid to society as a whole. > > Oh. So it *is* legitmate to swindle senile dowagers of their > investments? > We didn't say it was "legitimate"...we said it is part of the natural trend of stupidity. A "senile dowager" who mails some of her money to Nigeria has herself to blame. If you advocate using taxpayer-funded Americans to go to Nigeria or Sierra Leone to save her from her stupidity, then you are preterite. --Tim May
