Re: Eliminating competition: The Zeitgeist of the late 90's

[Christopher Pall <x97pall@wmich.edu>]

Doug Masson wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Norm wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 25 Jul 1998 16:50:14 -0400 (EDT), Doug Masson wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> >
> >
> >      Ah...but that's okay, I can remember how much I hated being
> > lectured by 'older people' when I was your age.  However as I got older
> > I've found there is something much worse, and that's being lectured by
> > some naive kid without a clue who's never taken even one of their baby
> > steps in your shoes.  When you have a mortgage to pay and a few kids to
> > feed *THEN* you can tell us how terrible "being safe" is (albeit my bet
> > is that we'll need to make more room for YOU in the cage).  Of course I
> > guess we could have do a few things differently that would have made
> > security less important an issue...not have *ANY* kids.
> 
> Indeed, not having children is an option...after all it's not as if the
> world is lacking people. And you are quite correct I have not chosen to
> shackle myself with a mortgage as yet. However, I'm not sure why I or
> anyone else should subsidize your decision to reproduce by giving up my or
> their liberties. Perhaps you are not the one craving censorship on the Net
> in the name of children, but by and large the battle cry has been one of
> "Won't anyone PLEEEAAASE think about the children." Well, no, they're not
> my
> kids...don't muzzle me to keep them sheltered.
> 

We're a little off topic here....

Tell me how preventing Bill Gates from eliminating competition by dumping products is destroying your freedom.