-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:15 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [NF] -- Gates Knows When to Fold Them
> I was thinking that myself but I didn't want to broach the topic. I > am not against creating surplus wealth (if you are, please send me > whatever you don't need), but there should not be a need to resort to > immoral or illegal methods to obtain it. Unfortunately, if only one > person works that way (underhandedly), then others must respond in > kind to defend/protect themselves. This process continues and > eventually will produce society as we know it today. My guess is that it's a pitiful aspect of the human condition. You try to do the most for your company. You overstep boundary's that blur your focus on your actions and how your persona is morphing from good person to sinner. Business leaders, and politicians are the easily spotted individuals. But in reality we cannot blame Bush or Gates for the current condition of things. In that they are within a group or a large group and decisions are made that never ever cross them personally. Their respective empires are way to vast for them to be on top of everything. ======================================================================== === Steve, you sound like a Billy Joel song. There is no need for you to apologize for or justify anything other than your tasteless gastronomic creations <g>. I was merely agreeing with Chet about the inanity of a statement like, "monopolies are good because they create the surplus wealth to pay for good things." I don't think any charitable benefactor of note ever started out to make a fortune any way he could in order to spend it on the public good. Perhaps I am cynical but I believe that such charitable acts are simply an expression of repentance for prior acts of questionable integrity. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
