Re: virus: urban myths?

Sodom (sodom@ma.ultranet.com)
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 19:07:13 -0400


> What I'm trying to say is that information should be available for
> everybody, Like if a scientist makes a new discovery the discovery
> should be made public for the world. I'm not against him making a
> profit from it, he deserves, but the discovery should be made public and
> not covered up like so many new dicoverys
>

Why should he give up the information? I think from a moral grounds he should, but
you are impinging on his freedom, or the companies freedom if you try to force the
information from him,

> Most wealthy people are addicted to getting more monet. Yes they may
> work hard but all their money isn't doing any good, it's just sitting in
> the banks or investment companys getting more money, what good can come
> from that???

On what info do you base this comment? I think you are looking at a small and very
public few who are guilty of what you say. I would say that I know perhaps 10
people who are bigtime millionaires. Every one does a lot for their community -
but even if they didn't, who am i to say they have too much, or are doing bad
things with it. It is theirs. Their freedom and their lives are just as important
to me and yours and mine. Equality is not a "real" entity in the world. I choose
to make equality real for me regardless of if you are rich or poor, good looking
or ugly, Atheist or religious. I CHOOSE to foster equality.

> Some rich people do give to charity but although when they say they've
> given 200,000 it may sound a lot but if they have another 15,000,000
> or more in the bank you realise how much more money they could've given.
> Hackers do give time and money to charity but you never hear about it
> because they don't have the money to give huge sums to organisations and
> they can never really dedicate much time because they have a keyboard
> infrount of them.
> >
> >and, your final statement "Only the weak are blind when the mist descends"
> >must come from experience.
> >
> Can we keep personal abuse out of this

relax - it seems to me that my "personal abuse" response goes out to a
non-personal attack. Were you not making an assumption about those who would
disagree with "red mist"? did I read it wrong? Perhaps you can tell me what your
quote means?

Sodom