If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!

[mary]

O.K. Mike, now what did I do now?  Mike Coleman writes, fIRST YOU HAVE TO
DENOUNCE THE PAINT-HUFFING. eSCPECIALLY WHEN AT THE
COMPUTER."  Never would try that kind of thing, besides, I couldn't inhale
and type at the same time.   Maybe when I can talk at the computer, (no, not
even then).  There's too much pollution in the air, and I can't stand the
smells of all those chemicals. Oh, right, that doesn't begin to deal with
what that does to brain cells.  Gee, where's my bong?  Just kidding,
honest).  I realize you're having a bit of fun picking on me, and if that
makes you happy I guess I'm destined to a life of being picked on by M.C.
Seriously, for those who don't already know, Mike is a dear friend who has
spent weeks worth of time on the phone with me, if you add it all up helping
me cope with my losing Chris.  Look out, Mike, you know, I don't forget
anything, What was I saying)?  You never know when I'm going to hit you
back.  You really are bad, though, "Paint-huffing," ak!
A lot of my typos are errors because my brain is working faster than my
hands.  I do edit, of course, unfortunately things slip by me, my reader,
and spellchecker, concerning content, I know, sometimes I'll acknowledge a
response but not have much else worthwhile to say.  That's because I can get
deluged with emails from various groups, so while I'm burning out on doing
email, I want to get caught up, especially if I've been away from the
computer for a few days.
Just a bit of an explanation, because I don't want to appear to be a
spaceshot when posting.  When I was first reading  in a forum I thought,
"With all these intelligent people, what can I say." Fortunately, I got over
that.   The water's fine, I'm glad I jumped in a long time ago.
I'll be there in spirit, for the  40th anniversary gig. I wish the band and
all who go All the best, and more.  I'm sure it will be a blast.

Happy trails,

Later,

Mary


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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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List
> [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET]On Behalf Of M Holmes
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 6:35 AM
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> Subject: Re: If you pirate music, you're downloading communism!
>
>
> 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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