Thread: Greed is good
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Old Jan 13, 2004, 08:56 am   #2 (permalink) (top)
G. Adams
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Greed isn't good, nor do I think we are naturally greedy, I think we are naturally programmed to survive. If greed will help us, then we are greedy, and in those situations I don't blame people for being greedy. But when there is an abundance and people are greedy, then I certainly do think greed is both morally wrong and unnessecary.

As for the examples of babies crying for their bottles, ?? What do you expect from them? "Oh mother I am quite hungry but I wouldn't want to be greedy, why not put me in a sweatshop and I'll pay my own way..." They're babies for god sake, they're hungry and can't get food for themself, nor can they communicate clearly, of course their going to cry, it's their way of asking for food, or a diaper change, or whatever it is they want.


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