>Apparently Bill B and chuck think that writers _should_ work for
>nothing. I am flabbergasted. I presume that they would support
>busting the teacher's strike here to bring down wages to their true
>value instead of permitting teachers to exercise monopoly power.
Its a free market, if people choose to write, knowing that they won't get paid, I wouldn't want to deny them freedom of speech.
But I'm not insisting that they write stuff, for nothing. Not sure where you got that idea.
Other people may choose make a voluntary payment to a writer whose work they appreciate. Acquiring a wealthy patron is a tried and tested model for supporting the arts. All a bit backward-looking of course, but the alternative is economic freedom (socialism) and no-one seems to think that's very likely, or even desirable. So let's not even go there.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas