[lbo-talk] Ever more opportunities....

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

> joanna:
>  
> > Bountiful, 30, who sold her unusual advertising space on eBay, said
> > the money will give her 11-year-old son a private education, which
> > she believes he needs after falling behind in school.  
> > "For the all the sacrifices everyone makes, this is a very small
> > one," she said. "It's a small sacrifice to build a better future for
> > my son," she said.  


> Ya wouldn't suppose that people that are dumb enough to have an
> advertisement tattoo'd on their foreheads have dumb kids too.... 
> 
> Just a passing, albeit fanciful thought. 
> 
> Leigh
> http://www.leighm.net

Dumb? This woman is desperate, not dumb. I don't necessarily feel sorry for her but I feel terrible that the 
conditions exist that make this seem attractive to anyone. I guess if you think the poor are poor because 
they are dumb the above sentiment makes sense but I don't believe that. 
In a way your sentiment would make her doubly dumb. First, for getting the tattoo and second, for thinking 
her son can escape his inherent dumbness.
I also don't see this as an "enterprising" way of earning money made possible by the wonders of the free 
market.

John Thornton