--- In [email protected], new_morning_blank_slate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], new_morning_blank_slate > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], new_morning_blank_slate > > > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > When rich people talk about money, they're talking > > > > > > about something entirely different from what poor and > > > > > > middle-class people mean when they talk about it. > > > > > > They might as well be on different planets. > > > > > > > > > > Your speculations of how others', or perhaps your own, > > > > > values and motivations may change with substantial wealth > > > > > is simply speculation -- not a well reserched set of > > > > > studies developing a concensus view of researchers on this > > > > > issue. Same with my speculations. > > > > > > > > <snore> > > > > > > Yes, my comment was a bit leaden. But I could not think of a > > > better alternative to counter the, IMO, weak writing that > > > conveys a broad sweeping generalization about a group, as if > > > its universal, when it at best applies to only a portion of the > > > group. > > > > I believe the portion you quoted above applies > > across the board, even to people like Bill Gates. > > > > The <snore> was because mine was a pretty unexceptional > > observation, almost a truism; > > That the rich lack empathy towards the non-rich
Does the portion you quoted above say anything about empathy? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
