If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

[mike coleman]

fIRST YOU HAVE TO DENOUNCE THE PAINT-HUFFING. eSCPECIALLY WHEN AT THE
COMPUTER

On 3/31/09, mary <maryann.sullivan1 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I'm not a communist, but capitalism isn't all that great, the way it's
> being
> managed.  Theoretically, I suppose both systems have their merits, as long
> as they're being managed by flawed humans no matter how good they seem the
> result is always going to be the same.  Whether you have people working
> collectively for a state, or independently, some people are going to end up
> more equal than others, or there'll be fat rich cats at the top, and
> everyone else fights for what's left.
> I'm not saying anything new, obviously, the barter system would be nice to
> see put into action.  We all need money to get by, unfortunately in this
> age
> of consumerism, it seems to be a false deity.  I guess that golden calf was
> never really destroyed.
> Just a few thoughts I've been milling around since this thread
> started.  Me,
> I don't have any answers, just questions.  Treat people right, is what I
> believe and good things will come from that.
>
> Thanks for your indulgence,
>
> Mary
>
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>
> trev writes:
>
> From: M Holmes <fofp>
> Subject: Re: If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!
> To: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> In-Reply-To: trev's message of Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:16:37 -0000
> Reply-To: M.Holmes at ed.ac.uk
> Cc:
>
> trev writes:
>
> > c minus...gobbledegook
> >
> > a. your answer is badly presented
>
> Then my apologies for that. Sometimes I'm pushed for time and just
> rattle them out on the keyboard.
>
> > b. you don't understand rhetoric
>
> Perhaps then you could teach me?
>
> > c. you haven't lived in africa like wot i have
>
> While I'm sure seeing poor countries firsthand can be useful in
> understanding a problem, I'm not sure that it's a requirement at the
> level at which we're discussing this problem. If it were, then most of
> the people in the G20 demonstration this week ought to be sent to live
> in Africa before they're permitted to protest. Would you advocate that?
>
> > d. what the hell is a GINI coefficient?
>
> A GINI coefficient is an economists way of actually measuring the
> relative wage differences between the rich and poor within a country.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gini_coefficient
>
> > e. i'm afraid you'll have to spend another year in the 6th form...
>
> May I assume then that you do in fact have a 6th form qualification in
> Economics?
>
> > lets end this flaming now
>
> Up until your reply, all posts had all been aimed at the argument and not
> the man. I'd be very happy if we'd return to that...
>
> FoFP
>
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