Re: CDR: Re: Retribution not enough

2001-10-24 Thread measl
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Jim Choate wrote: > What does it mean to 'agree'? or, more to the point, what does "is" mean? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better

Re: CDR: Re: Retribution not enough

2001-10-23 Thread Jim Choate
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote: > Elementary - fair is whatever the parties in interest agree to. Period. 'agree' is synonymous with 'free' in this case. All you're doing is playing word games and hand waving. What does it mean to 'agree'? Is an agreement that one can backout o

Re: CDR: Re: Retribution not enough

2001-10-21 Thread Jim Choate
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Tim May wrote: > We should "close down" the horrible sweatshops in Asia, India, South > America, and other hellholes. (Africa is not counted because they are > below sweat shop standards.) Nonsense. What we should do is bring them under rule of law and ensure that their e

Re: CDR: RE: Retribution not enough

2001-10-20 Thread Jim Choate
On Sat, 20 Oct 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote: > More Inchoate reasoning. Jimbo wrote: > > > The reality is that these sweatshops do > > exist, that they do exploit the workers... > > Gee, I wonder why these workers chose to be exploited instead of taking a > job somewhere else in their benighted