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Jul 20, 2006 10:08

I remember that day... I had never been flanked and surrounded by so many snake oil salesmen in my life ( Read more... )

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anonymous July 20 2006, 19:16:51 UTC
It may be the case that a hospital or school is built from organized crime money, but it certainly doesn't have to be. Instead of investing energy into coping with morally-bankrupt methods of creating social goods, we should first invest energy into devising morally-sound methods of creating and providing social goods.

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radicalcheer July 20 2006, 19:44:28 UTC
Dear someone:

Tell me: what is a morally sound method of creating and providing social goods?

-Matt

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anonymous July 20 2006, 21:30:56 UTC
The simple answer is a method that doesn't involve morally-bankrupt behavior. Basically the building of a hospital or school without the use of organized crime money.

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radicalcheer July 20 2006, 23:45:03 UTC
You added absolutely no clarification to your previous answer. I asked what a morally sound means would be, and you basically supplied "a morally sound means is a morally sound means" by way of "a not-not morally sound means." Even the second part of your answer left alone would have been a better step forward, but still wanting, as there are lots of ways to build hospitals and schools without the use of organized crime money - I could raise millions of dollars from gambling houses. What if I was a very skilled marketing executive, and I engineered the making and selling of racist music that grossed billions of dollars, and thought it would be nice to build a hospital with some of the profits? Other people might actually consider those things morally acceptable, but surely not everyone ( ... )

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radicalcheer July 22 2006, 15:07:31 UTC
My flavor is a program of relentless and horrific war against those who do ethnic cleansing, but mass orgies... eh... not worthy of a crusade so long as everyone protects themselves.

My other favored flavor is pizza-flavored pringles, which I am compelled to eat every couple months for some strange reason. Cravings are strange things.

-Matt

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liecycle July 22 2006, 20:58:07 UTC
how do you feel about pizzeria pretzel combos? those are pretty fucking awesome too.

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radicalcheer July 22 2006, 21:41:50 UTC
As a matter of fact, I've been known to eat those things every once in a while. I like 'em well enough.

-Matt

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