[MD] Why Profit Is Moral

[khaled Alkotob]

> [Platt to Khaled]
> No. "If you protect a man from folly you will soon have a nation of 
> fools." 
> ---- William Penn
> 
> [Khaled replied]
> Dante forgot an 8th level.
> 
> [Arlo]
> Don't sweat it, Khaled. Arguing that there is something greater than 
> money 
> and profit with a mercantilist is like arguing Christ is not divine 
> to a christian. Of course, snake-oil salesmen will always tell you that

> selling snake-oil is moral. This is their reason, if they can screw a
little 
> old  lady out of her money, they are actually doing her a favor because

> she was  too stupid to have that money anyways.


[Khaled]
Well you above comment is right.
The sad part is I would rather have a monopoly that controlled all
telecommunications on a "good faith" bases so i would not have to decide
who my phone provider is, my cell phone is, my DSL or cable is. Also all
the solicitation to change from one to the other, and the federal taxes
that I have to pay on each bill. Yes the break up of Ma Bell did
encourage competition to a point and prices did get lower but now we are
back to square one, 3-4 monopolies buying and selling each other out and
charging each other outrageous fees to access each others' their lines.
Khaled