Greed is good

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Wed Jun 10 07:59:19 PDT 1998


At 05:00 AM 6/10/98 -0400,Chris Hartman wrote:
>In trying to figure out how to combat this, we've been looking at the places
>where average folks get cultural information about the economy. One example
>was a one-hour "special report" on greed, hosted by 20/20's John Stossell,
>which aired on ABC back in February (conclusion: greed is good). It's filled
>with all sorts of anecdotes and seductive arguments about capitalism which
are
>hard to refute with a chart on the Gini index.
>
>Would anybody like to take a crack at answering a few of these gems? I've
>included one sequence from the Greed Special below; if people find this
>enjoyable/useful, I'll deal out some others. If not, no big deal.

Why bother? Would you waste your time debating a Nazi or a Klansman that Jews & Blacks are people too? The blabber of media hacks like Stossel & Co. is inconsequential - they use their mouth in the same way hookers do. Debating views as those presented i your posting only adds legitimacy to the lowlife that utters them.

Part of the far East martial arts training involves self-restraints - or learning how to resist provocations. There is a good practical reason for that - if you respond to provocations, you are essentially picking up a fight on someone else's turf and terms - and that is a distinct disadvantage. A warrior strikes when he (or she) decides the moment is right and with a deadly force - while ignoring inconsequential posturing and threatening gestures.

The same pertains to dealing with the media whores - strike only when you can decisively crush them, and by any means necessary, otherwise ignore them. I mean crushing them personally, not their 'ideas' for they have none. All they do is using ideas as sprinboards for persoanl careers.

Regards,

Wojtek Sokolowski

PS. Why do you people watch those talking heads on the tube anyway? Isn't it better to spend that time on the net, talking to _real_ people?



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