[MD] Altruism: Play The Greed

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting craigerb at comcast.net:

> [Craig]
> > "Their end was to maximize profit. That everyone benefited 
> > was only a means to that end, not the aim itself." 
> {Ian]
> > (You use the past tense in "benefited" then call it the "means to an 
> > end" ... illogical ...  
>  
>  Ian, 
>  "Their end was (past tense) to maximize profit. That everyone benefited (past
> tense) was (past tense) only a means to that end, not the aim itself."
> Neither ungrammatical nor illogical.
> Craig 

Careful Craig. You are likely to frustrate Ian so much that he'll launch an
ad hominem attack, perhaps calling you an ignorant fraud. But, I'm sure you
can handle it. :-)

Platt



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