[lbo-talk] "tool" as insult?

[andie_nachgeborenen]

Tools are good to have but not to be. A tool is used and lacks agency of its own. That is not a virtue in a human being.

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On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:32 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


> I keep meaning to ask, why is being a "tool" a bad thing? 
> 
> I mean, tools are good things. 
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> It seems that the implication is that the "tool" is stupid. Or is it that it's being manipulated by someone? 
> 
> Anybody know where it all comes from? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Joanna 
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