on Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 07:35:58AM -0400, Steve Furlong (sfurlong@acmenet.net) wrote:
Karsten M. Self wrote:
...neatly sidestepping the fact that fraud is a crime, stupidity isn't.
Stupidity _is_ a natural crime. Mommy states have attempted to repeal that law, but succeed mainly in redirecting the costs of stupidity from the stupid to society as a whole.
Oh. So it *is* legitmate to swindle senile dowagers of their investments? Interesting sidelight of my 419 research: one likely target are Utah Mormans: - Helpful intentions. - Not averse to making a buck. - Highly insulated from the real world. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html