On 11-Oct-08, at 3:13 PM, John D wrote: > Let's see . . . Deserve . . . "from Latin deservire ‘serve well or > zealously.’ > > Zealous . . . "from a medieval Latin derivative of Latin zelus ‘zeal, > jealousy.’ > > Jealousy . . . "may imply an intense effort to hold on to what one > possesses . . . often associated with distrust, suspicion, anger, and > other negative emotions . . ." > > So, to paraphrase; DESERVE "may imply . . . an intense effort . . . > to serve . . . often associated with distrust, suspicion, anger and > other negative emotions." > > No, maybe I should follow the definition trail having to do with with > envy > >> Ian wrote: The word "deserve" is meaningless.
-- When the middle class is getting screwed by a collapse of the banking and insurance industries, and the poor decisions and greed of people like Fuld seem to be the primary cause, it's a little hard to understand why he should be paid in excess of 400 million dollars. This is how Marie Antoinette lost her head. When the money and power is condensed to a few greedy individuals, and the lower and middle class is being told to weather the loss of their savings because life isn't "fair", it's not very difficult to see the resentment brewing. While it may mean nothing when we say that he didn't "deserve" the money, it may also shortly mean nothing that Mr.Fuld and others like him "deserve" their privacy, or "deserve" not to be punched the face at the gym. -- Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
