On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
Jim Choate wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
Elementary - fair is whatever the parties in interest agree to. Period.
'agree' is synonymous with 'free' in this case. All you're doing is playing word games and hand waving.
What does it mean to 'agree'?
You are the only one here who seems to have a problem with the meaning of that word.
Hardly. I just happen to be the Mongoose in a pit of snakes, so it should surprise nobody (especially the snakes) if they all hiss. The bottem line is you say 'fair' is whatever the two parties 'agree' to. All you've done is shift the focus from 'fair' to 'agree'. And that shifts the focus of the question as well. What does it mean to 'agree'. And to answer another question 'is' means 'equivalent to' or 'identical with' depending on context. Both acceptable here. This is especially enlightening coming from a group (CACL, not Cypherpunks per se) who claim that 'free markets' are the epitome of utopian strategies (and 'free' most definitely has a significant and particular meaning in this context - and it doesn't support yorur view). You're only proving my point. Thank you. -- ____________________________________________________________________ The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. Edmund Burke (1784) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------