[MD] French ingredient in the soup of sentiments

[khaled Alkotob]

You visit the guy in Tibet, he is lighting a fire using a bow and a
stick, you show him your lighter, he likes it, you like his bow and
arrow, you exchange.

You return home. But the bow and arrow on your mantel.

you show it to your friend.

His new tool makes life easier for him.

he passes away, and his kid inherit the lighter

Then one day the lighter runs out of fluid.

He freezes to death.

Khaled.



On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 16:50:58 +0000 craigerb at comcast.net writes:
> Arlo, Khaled, SA, All,
> Arlo, thanks to SA, now I think we are basically on the same page.  
> At the risk of muddiing the waters, I want to add two hurrahs for 
> the (free) market & one boo for state intervention.
> First hurrah: I visit Tibet wearing my synthetic jogging suit & meet 
> a local wearing a yak-skinned coat.  We exchange.  (Those who claim 
> all values are culturally imposed may not like the example.)  This 
> is the essence of the marketplace.  I prefer the coat to the suit & 
> the local, the reverse.  The amazing thing from an economic 
> standpoint is that we both profit.  The alchemists' dream fulfilled: 
>  profits out of nothing (extra).
> Second hurrah & first boo:
> "The free market can prevent a bad book from being published; but it 
> takes the state to prevent a good one."
> Craig  
>