On Dec 22, 5:35 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > You've had enough? Have people been calling you greedy and you > disagree with them?
No, just wanted some clarification on the use of the word is all. > Greed is the desire for more than you need. You are correct I think, > that ones needs can only really be suitably defined by the person in > need. Art I think must be treated differanlty than say food. > > If you have enough food and yet desire more, this is greed, easpecily > when you have so much that most gets wasted. > > Perhaps then we should talk in terms of supply and waste. If it your > goal to accumilate so much money that you cannot hope to spend it all > in your lifetime, then I would also call that greed. So intent, > supply, and waste. Sounds reasonable. > > On Dec 12, 9:55 am, BB47 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The word “greed” is tossed out so often and it always intrigues me > > just what people mean by it. Just what is “greed?” Some people (no > > names) toss this word off their fingertips all the time and frankly I > > HAVE HAD ENOUGH. > > > Webster defines this word as… > > : a selfish and excessive desire for more of something (as money) than > > is needed. > > > Ok, let’s take a more careful look at that definition. Let’s say a > > very rich person spends a million dollars on a painting that he just > > loves. He thinks this painting is so remarkable, so beautiful, that > > he is willing to buy it for a million dollars so he can look at it > > every day in his house. Me personally? I would never spend a > > million dollars on a painting, but that is just me. That painting, or > > ANY painting, is not something I am interested in buying at that > > price, even if I was filthy rich. But the things that I buy would > > curl your hair as they might seem so “strange” to YOU, but not to me. > > Everybody is different, and this is a very important thing to > > consider. NOBODY can judge what another person finds important, > > interesting, beautiful, desirable, or worthwhile. (Just look at your > > hairstyle…smily thingee goes here) > > > The question is…is that greed? I don’t think so. Is buying anything > > that one does not “need” greed? Hell no! you better check your > > inventory of your life if that is the case, you would find that every > > human on earth is greedy, and therefore the definition is rendered > > meaningless. The definition clearly states “an EXCESSIVE desire for > > MORE of SOMETHING” > > > This says to me that greed is only achieved when you already HAVE > > “enough” of this particular “thing” and yet you want more anyway. You > > want more than you can actually “benefit” from because you already > > have “it” THAT is greed. When you “hoard” something for no reason, > > and NOT when you simply “want” something that you don’t have. Wanting > > something IS NOT GREED. Get that through your fricking head. Wanting > > something that is not “needed” is not greed. Wanting something you > > already have plenty of is greed. > > > Which brings us, inevitably, to money. Money can be turned into > > ANYTHING, so one cannot say that you have a quantity of this > > particular one “thing” that meets the classic definition of greed, > > UNTIL YOU CLARIFY IT. It is not “one thing” it is “anything I can > > think of” so it must be treated slightly differently. Now, if you > > want a billion dollars but your actual, realistic “wants and needs” > > are only a million dollars, then you are greedy. But if you have > > reasonable plans for every single dollar? THAT IS NOT GREED, THAT IS > > PERFECTLY NORMAL GODDAMIT.
