>i rather got the impression that you were suggesting that it would
>be fine and dandy if folks wanted to wear a swoosh on the teeshirt
>but that paying $40 to wear the swoosh when it costs $5 to produce
>the swoosh and that it could be sold at $15 for a reasonable profit
>is b.s. that $25 is money that might be more productively spent.
>instead, it goes directly into the coffers of those who pocket the
>profits who don't necessarily reinvest that money in productive
>ways. the point is that the swoosh has to cost that much to obtain,
>for otherwise it wouldn't be as valuable.
Yeah, exactly.
Doug