At 08:19 PM 8/12/96 EDT, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com> writes:

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I too find this concept offensive, at least to the extent that it is kept a secret from the marketplace. Even so, as a libertarian and free-market capitalist, I certainly see nothing wrong with "allowing such behavior," and indeed I'd see something wrong with NOT "allowing" it. Nevertheless, to the extent it occurs it should be well understood and identified for what it is.

This reminds me of the recent revelation how a major disposable lens maker was marketing three lines of lenses: cheap ones, good for a few days; medium ones, good for a week; very expensive ones, good for a month. You guessed it - the lenses inside the packaging were identical.

(I find that most self-described "libertarians" are actually fucking statists.)

I don't see how that last statement follows anything that went before. I made it explicitly clear that companies have a right to market in such ways; I also have a right to dislike those methods. As for other libertarians, I don't see that they're appreciably different. So where did that last comment come from? BTW, your KOTM credential is outdated...are you trying to have it renewed? Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com