Johnny spends a lot of effort on his halloween costume. He painstakingly researches his creature of choice. Reads how he can do the make-up to be just right. Spends weeks and months collecting hair from the local barber to glue it on so he looks completely authentic. His reward comes that night and he is overjoyed to have won first prize. When he is given his prize, he is then told he has to give it up equally with the losers as well.
"But why?" asks Johnny. "Because thats what is fair," is the response.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Tom Lehman
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 8:08 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: Cybersilliness
>
>
> This thread reminds me of Friday night.
>
> We had our annual union Haloween party and 300 or 400 little
> monsters attended
> with some form of parental supervision.
>
> This annual event is a John Boy production and John Boy was in
> all his glory.
> Every year, "its gotta be bigger and better."
>
> About half way through the event John Boy in his usual southern
> Ohio wacky con
> man style suggests to me that I make an announcement that the
> little dears can
> pick up their treat bags on the way out the door. And, "oh, Tom
> and by the way
> can you set the treat bags by the door and hand them out as they
> leave", pleads
> John Boy. Me being a good sport and not wanting to have John Boy
> clutching his
> chest while he looks for his nitro, obliges.
>
> Everything went fairly smooth, except for one little clown who
> insisted that he
> should have more than one treat bag. I told the kid, if I give
> you more than
> one then someone else might not get one. The little clown just
> didn't want to
> hear this line of logic and kept insisting that he should have
> more than one
> treat bag.
>
> Also, one rather pudgy little dogette, grabbed an extra treat bag
> and ran off
> with it---she and the little clown I believe are either related
> or belonged to
> the same party.
>
> Getting back to the little clown. Jack Fleet came over and tried
> the same logic
> on the little clown that I used. The little clown looks up at
> Jack and says,
> Sooo.
>
> John Boy claims that the parents of the little offenders don't
> belong to our
> local.
>
> Tom
>
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> > Christopher Susi wrote:
> >
> > >I'm not even advocating genetic superiority, just stated that
> we all start
> > >off with differing chances of surival based on a number of factors,
> > >location, resources, and even genes. If one person or group
> is successfull
> > >are they some how obligated to everyone and anyone that isn't
> to make sure
> > >they can survive?
> >
> > No. Every one for him or herself. Only the fittest survive. The war
> > of each against all. The inferior must die out for the good of the
> > rest.
> >
> > What brought you here?
> >
> > Doug
>
>