27 May
2013
27 May
'13
1:02 p.m.
On Mon, 27 May 2013, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 05/26/2013 09:37 PM, Tothwolf wrote:
That's still no excuse for Richard's apparent hostility towards things I
send to the list. /That/ is what finally led me to expand my email filter
(which I /rarely/ do). I can count on one hand the number of entries I've
added to my filter in the last 5-6 years, with 3 of them just this year
(one of which I could probably drop now since the person in question
appears to have disappeared). While opposing viewpoints are fine (and
expected) for a discussion list, when the person expressing them
consistently uses discussions to launch attacks against others, there
seems to be little point in bothering to read that person's posts. After
adding those filter rules, the S/N for what I read here went way up and my
stress level went down.
I can't see Mr. Hatfield willfully agreeing
to sell the Apple I in question
for only $40,000 if he had known in advance that it had the potential to sell
for more than $600,000, working or not.
[And for the record, the above reply from Richard makes is very glad I
plonked him some time back since he apparently still thinks I'm going to
somehow be reading his personal attacks. Richard, grow up.]
I dunno. For some reason (I must be feeling generous today) I can't really
fault Richard for his point of view on this. He firmly believes in the new
definition of capitalism ("anything goes, as long as you make a buck"), and
has no problem with people getting bilked. Let the buyer (or seller) beware,
etc. This does make some sense in a way, as the poor old codger really
should've done his research. Indeed, the company he (Richard) worships has made a
very successful
(financially, if not technically) business out of bilking people regularly.
That's why I don't like them...Richard has no problem with it.
Perhaps he just wasn't raised with that particular set of teachings. I
think it's just as simple as that.
Could be.
What I personally would've done is said,
"Hey look, this is worth a LOT
more than you think it is...I know how to get that money, howabout you let me
do that and we'll split it?" ...THAT is capitalism. Screwing anyone in any
way possible to make a buck is not. That's called "Sleazy".
That's more in line with what I think I would have done.