8 Jul
2001
8 Jul
'01
1:59 a.m.
...and what does this have to do with vintage computers?
Why don't you take your useless punk-ass ideas over to the alt.simpleminded
newsgroup where it belongs. Besides, I don't even believe that you agree
with what you're saying here because no one could be that stupid. I think
that you just want to get a rise out of the folks in this group, which
you've achieved, so why not stuff a cork in your pie hole and STFU.
Ernest
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Richard Erlacher
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 11:01 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Celebration (intended to be offensive, possible humor)
The trick is to assign a penalty so severe that all people, no
matter how many
trillions they have, will not want to pay it, and that, having
paid the penalty,
they will absolutely not make the choice to do that again. I can
only think of
one such penalty, though there are many ways of administering it.
For example, if the fine for speeding were 100% of all your
personal holdings,
irresprctive of how much that might be, including clothing and
other personal
belongings, and 95% of all you earn or otherwise acquire for the
next 30 years,
assuming you can survive that long on only 5% of what you
acquire, you might not
choose to speed, particularly since it would require you to watch
your children
starve, if they hadn't already. It would be costly and diffucult
to exact that
penalty, while a quick bullet between the eyes would be easy and
simple. If a
mistake were made, well, a posthumous apology would have to suffice.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Celebration (intended to be offensive, possible humor)
There's clearly a second alternative, which is to be
prepared to pay the penalty. For example, I often speed,
but if caught I don't complain about having to pay a fine.
I have assumed the risk.
That's called person responsibility, and with the way lawyers
have made everyone believe that they are the victim, it's a rare
thing to see. I do the same thing though...if I'm doing something
like speeding it's because I conciously decided to and if I'm stopped
for it, I'll pay the price for doing so.
Jeff
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