Precisely.
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Michael Luscombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
