27 May
2013
27 May
'13
9:40 a.m.
On 05/27/2013 12:25 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
There is no logical, quantifiable cutoff point.
I have no comments on Hadfield's acquisition and profit, because I don't
know anything about it.
It's
just the way I (and some others, if the private mail is any
indication) was brought up. There is an amount of profit that's considered
"honorable", beyond which it becomes shady. It's a matter of opinion.
*I*
think he screwed the old guy by taking advantage of his lesser knowledge.
Feel free to disagree; I respect your opinion, but that is my position.
Now if I were doing that deal, and I found out that the guy was a Wall
Street banker, I'd rob him absolutely blind and he'd wake up naked in a dumpster.
So go on then. Explain why it's OK for Hadfield to make 60? profit on
his Apple 1, but not OK for someone else to make about 12? profit.
When does this magical cutoff point appear? Quantify it. Lay it out. No hand-waving "it's
just not right".
Illustrate it with examples.
I already told you; re-read it above. I was raised to believe that taking
everything on the table was wrong. It's as simple as that. And I'm not
waving my hands.
I am not the enemy here. I despise what the bankers
are doing; I hate
the rampant profiteering that is vastly increasing the gap between
rich & poor.
...and that's exactly the same thing, IMO.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA