--- Mike Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey! Who you callin' wrong? I'll give you my being wrong on my watered-down definition of capitalism because I never studied political science or economics and that was just the way I always thought capitalism would be explained - otherwise, who *wouldn't* see it as a bad thing?
I said: "Theoretically, capitalism is good, because if we all work hard, we'll all make lots of money, and no one will go to bed hungry at night, and we'll all have satellite dishes and big cars or whatever we see as signs of success. And you said: "errr, actually, no, capitalism is fundamentally based on the extraction of profit from someone else's labour, and therefore is not even theoretically good. I know (at least I think I know) that Catherine is being ironic here but those first four words cannot pass without comment." Yes, of course I was being ironic, silly. I suppose it would be nice, in a way, to make money off the backs of others, but I really couldn't live with myself if I did that, and I can't exactly kick myself out, unfortunately... Then I said, "as Charlie Brown (or maybe it was Snoopy) once said: "I love mankind. It's people I can't stand" and you replied: "Wrong again Catherine, it was Tom Waits who said "There's one thing you can say about mankind; there's nothing kind about man" So me, now. You're probably right about TW (he does have a way with words!), but I know I'm NOT wrong about my quote - I know it was a Peanuts character, most likely Charlie Brown, because ages ago my sister had the sweatshirt (have you ever known a sweatshirt to lie?) ______________________________________________________________________ Post your ad for free now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
