On Tue, 10 Dec 1996, Huge Cajones Remailer wrote:
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:15:30 -0800 From: Huge Cajones Remailer <nobody@huge.cajones.com> To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: Redlining
I seem to have upset you, Matt Miszewski, and I am sorry for that. It appears to me that the problem we have is that we have different ideas about what is right and different perceptions of the nature of the world.
It may appear that I intentionally put words in your mouth. This is not the case. We have different ideas about what is obvious. I have made assumptions, but they seemed clear to me. Apparently, they were not. We may still have a fruitful discussion.
At 4:17 PM 12/9/1996, Matthew J. Miszewski wrote:
At 03:14 PM 12/4/96 EST, Bovine Remailer wrote:
At 11:26 AM 12/4/1996, Matthew J. Miszewski wrote: [snippo] If I earned my very own money honestly and I choose to lend it only to Albanians, you believe that this would be inefficient and, therefore, forbidden.
Actually I didnt say anything about private lending. But as this thread goes on you seem to assume much.
I am assuming that you agree that somebody who has earned their money honestly should be able to lend it to whomever they please for whatever reason they like. You call this private lending. (Please correct me if I am wrong.)
I believe that five friends should be able to get together, pool their resources, and lend their money to whomever they like.
I believe that ten, or a hundred, or a thousand people should be able to pool their money and lend it to whomever they please for whatever reason they like.
That, essentially, is what a bank is. I do not believe the government should dictate which people you, or your bank, are allowed to lend to.
Create a bank where the identity of the customers are unknown and you solve the redlining problem. -- Forward complaints to : European Association of Envelope Manufactures Finger for Public Key Gutenbergstrasse 21;Postfach;CH-3001;Bern Vote Monarchist Switzerland