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On 2014-02-21 11:23 AM, hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Even someone who volunteers in the local soup kitchen feeding the |
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>> homeless is doing so under the profit motive. The things is, the |
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>> 'profit' involved (may) only involve(s) a 'warm fuzzy good |
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>> feeling'. |
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>> If you read my previous words, I said it wasn't always (though I |
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>> think it is usually) some kind of 'financial' profit. |
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> You didn't say it, but it feels like you are talking about "personal |
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> profit". If not, then your definition of "profit" is so broad, that it |
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> is almost meaningless. |
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Not at all. The fact is, there are many different ways someone can 'profit'. |
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Another fact is, there has been a concerted effort by some people to |
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poison the meaning, twisting the meaning of financial profit into being |
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something bad, as opposed to what it really is - a very *good* thing (it |
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is a good thing, without it you would DIE). |
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/profit?sourceid=mozilla |
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Take your pick... they are all valid with respect to my comments, |
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although the one that subtley attempts to create a negative meaning 'to |
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take advantage: to profit from the WEAKNESS of others' bugs me no end... |
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People can engage in good (ethical, honest, etc) or bad (unethical, |
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dishonest, etc) behavior in their pursuit of profit, but it is the |
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*behavior* (ethical/honest or unethical/dishonest) that is good or bad, |
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not the result (profit). |
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