Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!gatech!gitpyr!joel From: joel@pyr.gatech.EDU (Joel Rives) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: lotus chairman makes 26 million Message-ID: <5740@pyr.gatech.EDU> Date: 10 May 88 17:35:56 GMT References: <9160@cisunx.UUCP> <1801@uhccux.UUCP> <807@netxcom.UUCP> <5079@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <3367@attcan.UUCP> <5713@pyr.gatech.EDU> <2708@geac.UUCP> Reply-To: joel@pyr.UUCP (Joel Rives) Organization: Office of Computing Services, Georgia Tech Lines: 31 >john@geac.UUCP (John Henshaw) (john@geac.UUCP, <2708@geac.UUCP>): >In article <5713@pyr.gatech.EDU> joel@pyr.UUCP (Joel Rives) writes: >> >>Making lots of money is one thing. Doing it despite the welfare of the >>rest of humanity is genocidal. >> >>joel > >Interesting... And yet it seems that this is exactly what mankind has >been doing for centuries - and now the planet is getting more and more >crowded. (Is this a form of genocide?) How do you reconcile this apparent >inconsistency? You attribute a quality to mankind, as a whole, which I think is erroneous. I attest that the vast majority of mankind are not primarily concerned with making more money-- as you suggest. [ A complete look at my original posting will show that this is in fact what John is suggesting ] Regardless of one's opinion on the matter of mankind's primary goal, this in now way introduces any form of inconsistancy that I can see. Perhaps, you can shed some light on the matter for me. joel -- The thief Left it behind-- The moon at the window. -Ryokan