Re: Latest News

From: R. Steve Walz (rstevew_at_armory.com)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 08:01:55 GMT

Rich The Philosophizer wrote:
>
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:31:54 +0000, R. Steve Walz wrote:
>
> > Tom Seim wrote:
> >>
> >> "R. Steve Walz" <rstevew@armory.com> wrote in message news:<41A04596.7677@armory.com>...
> >> > Tom Seim wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Rich The Philosophizer <null@example.net> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.11.20.02.01.44.925063@neodruid.org>...
> >> > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:08:20 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:15:24 GMT, Rich The Philosophizer
> >> > [rich vs. poor stuff]
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > But spending isn't primarily what rich people do. Poor people think
> >> > > > > about all the things they would buy if they were rich. But the essence
> >> > > > > of being rich is *not* spending. A billionaire may have three houses
> >> > > > > and ten cars, but not 3000 houses and 10,000 cars.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Well, yeah, but here's the thing. To the guy who has no hope of
> >> > > > ever having even one house that he can ever call his own, that
> >> > > > second or third house that the billionaire just conjures up
> >> > > > with a flip of his wrist really, really rankles.
> >> > >
> >> > > Would they also be pissed off at a millionaire that owns only one
> >> > > (really nice) house?
> >> > ----------------
> >> > You mean like with ten thousand rooms? If they don't have any and he
> >> > made them build it and then made them live there and pay rent?
> >> > Betcher fuckin' ass!
> >> >
> >> > -Steve
> >>
> >> Ten thousand rooms? Have you ever seen such a house? If such a thing,
> >> were it to exist, would be out of the price range of a millionaire.
> > -----------------------
> > Even so, we're talking about mass deprivation. My analogy is accurate.
> > Don't be an ass who takes metaphor serioiusly to dodge the argument.
>
> So, when do you plan to heal your own denials, which are, after all, the
> cause of your victims' plight?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.
> Rich
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No victim. No denials. Lies.

-Steve 

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