On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:32:20AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Very few american consumers purchase based upon need alone.
The places where people buy only what they need are what we call "third world countries" I think. Actually, people in most of those places buy things they don't really need as well. This statement reminds me of one of the more annoying phrases my mother always used to give me: "you don't need that". Well, no, I don't need it, that's not the point. I don't *need* anything but food and shelter. One of the things that drives humans is to improve our conditions beyond what we "need". -- Alan Batie ______ alan.batie.org Me [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / www.qrd.org The Triangle PGPFP DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A \ / www.pgpi.com The Weird Numbers 27 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 \/ spamassassin.taint.org NO SPAM! "You just wish sometimes that the [Catholic] Church protected children as much as it protects fetuses." -- Lesbian comedian Kate Clinton writing in The Progressive, July issue.
