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Tanstaafl: |
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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 |
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>>> the homeless is doing so under the profit motive. The things |
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>>> is, the 'profit' involved (may) only involve(s) a 'warm fuzzy |
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>>> good feeling'. |
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>>> If you read my previous words, I said it wasn't always (though |
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>>> I 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 |
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>> "personal profit". If not, then your definition of "profit" is so |
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>> broad, that it is almost meaningless. |
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> Not at all. The fact is, there are many different ways someone can |
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> 'profit'. |
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> Another fact is, there has been a concerted effort by some people |
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> to poison the meaning, twisting the meaning of financial profit |
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> into being something bad, as opposed to what it really is - a very |
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> *good* thing (it 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 |
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> 'to take advantage: to profit from the WEAKNESS of others' bugs me |
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> no end... |
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> People can engage in good (ethical, honest, etc) or bad |
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> (unethical, dishonest, etc) behavior in their pursuit of profit, |
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> but it is the *behavior* (ethical/honest or unethical/dishonest) |
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> that is good or bad, not the result (profit). |
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Then you ignore self-destructive behaviour which is a common thing in |
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this world. It can even be intentional, causing no emotional, |
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financial, social or intellectual profit. Maybe you have never met |
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such a person or have never been in such an environment. |
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