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On Thursday 28 September 2006 15:08, Brian Litzinger |
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<brian@××××××××××××.com> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Tolerance, |
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Freedom, Prosthetics': |
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> I am happy so long as seller A can offer product A, |
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> and seller B can offer product B, and seller C and |
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> offer product C ... and buyers X and Y can choose |
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> among them. |
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I'm not happy is seller B engages in business practices that I find |
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immoral. |
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> I am unhappy when buyer X calls buyer Y evil for |
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> the decision buyer Y made. |
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I agree. |
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> I am also unhappy when buyer X calls sellers he did |
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> not buy from evil. |
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Even buyer X chose not to buy from those sellers BECAUSE (s)he believes |
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their business practices are immoral and should be made illegal? |
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> On the other hand, if you live in the real world (unlike me) |
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> you may be best off calling what you do not like evil. Seems |
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> everyone else does. |
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:) |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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