Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!whuts!homxb!houxv!rs2 From: rs2@houxv.UUCP (R.SWITZER) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: WARN users of caffeine pills, codeine-based headache remedies Summary: Sorry for the value judgement Keywords: $1200 stratocaster Message-ID: <782@houxv.UUCP> Date: 29 Jun 88 12:08:57 GMT References: <88Jun16.184430edt.20815@sq.sq.com> <747@applga.UUCP> <781@houxv.UUCP> <1009@ucsd.EDU> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Lines: 23 In article <1009@ucsd.EDU>, akkana@brain.ucsd.edu (Akkana) writes: [stuff deleted] > > What's so bad about this? Why did he "deserve to get caught"? Where > would the extra $600 be going had they bought the guitar in Canada? > It sounds like you wouldn't be as bothered by this if your acquaintance > *had* charged the Canadians the extra $600 -- why? > > Puzzled, > ...Akkana Sorry for the pompous value judgement, but yes, I would have been bothered if he *had* charged the Canadians the extra $600. The reason why I was bothered really goes beyond the information I gave you in the story (and is not appropriate for this group). I will retract my "deserve" and just say that this person was one who lived on the edge of (should I even say this? :-) the law every day and he didn't need to. I was intending to point out some economic reasons why border officials are strict. Regards, Robert S.