On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:17:20 +0000, Mike....
wrote:
>Following up to Alan S wrote:
>
>>It has to do with the dignity of the seller,
>>>not the buyer.
>
>>"should do yourself"? Spare me the sanctimony.
>
>have you noticed how fat we are getting?
>
No, not at all:-)
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/weight-loss-cooking-and-eating-plan.html
>>In a foreign land I attempt to at least follow those local
>>mores I can without compromising my own. If a rickshaw man
>>can transport me to where I need to go, and he wants to, and
>>I want to enjoy that aspect of the local culture while
>>adding to his income, why the hell not? Undignified? A
>>bloody sight more dignified than the rickshaw man's family
>>going without because of your version of the moral high
>>road.
>
>if you read all the thread you will see I acknowledge the employment
>situation in India, I'm talking about London, mainly.
>
>>If your criteria is that it is demeaning to ask another to
>>do a task you could do yourself, presumably you recycle your
>>own rubbish, treat your own sewage, grow all your own
>>vegetables, raise and slaughter your own livestock, and so
>>on.
>
>that's just silly. I'm talking about tasks that you can do perfectly
>well for yourself with little effort and no resources. Its absurd to
>suggest I can treat my own sewage etc
>
>>None of those tasks are beyond you.
>
>of course they are. I dont own the land for a start. We thrive partly
>on specialisation, doing everything yourself just doesn't work.
>However there's no need to get someone to replace your muscle power
>with their muscle power in the area of personal functions like
>walking, most of the passssengers would be better off with the
>exercise.
>
>>So why do you demean the
>>garbageman, the plumber and the sanitary worker, the farmer
>>and greengrocer, the grazier, the slaughterman and the
>>butcher, by paying them to do your work?
>
>I dont, I pay for their skills, time and equipment that I dont have
>to do a specialised job. That doesn't extend to walking for me.
>
>>Wattaloadacrap.
>
>yes it is isn't it. Especially the personal sewage farm
>
>>Concentration camps? I invoke Godwin's Law.
>
>its a very valid point, "providing employment" can justify anything,
>its not a valid argument alone.
At this point I'll leave it. Arguing with a closed mind is
tough on both sides.
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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