in praise of gold

[measl at mfn.org]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Petro wrote:

> On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 07:58 PM, measl at mfn.org wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
> >> On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Faustine wrote:
> >>> Not all women are golddiggers.
> >> They're called 'old maids'. ALL women who are interested in a
> >> 'relationship' are 'golddiggers' in the sense they want to 'change' the
> >> other party.
> >
> > Nothing like a good across the board generalization, huh Jim?
> 
> 	Well, I hate to be in the position of defending Jimbo, but he's 
> right--in a sense, but not just about women.

Where does the desire for "a relationship" translate into the desire to
"change the other party"?  

> 	I'd be willing to bet (should there be a way of proving it to my 
> satisfaction) that in every relationship, one party would like to change 
> AT LEAST 2 things about the other party.

Then I guess we're down the minutae of "what is "a relationship", and what is
"change"... 

> 	Of course, this then makes every person who gets into any kind of 
> relationship a "gold digger".

The American colloquialism "Golddigger" != "Relationship participant who
would like to effect changes in the other engaging party(s)".  The Goldigger
term commonly refers to a woman who marries or engages in highly personal
(not _necessarily_ sexual, but the inference is a common one) long term
"relationships" for the accrual of cash and property, rather than any actual
interest in the partner(s).  Think long-term hookers.  Think Mary Elizabeth
Terranson :-)

> > Who was she?  It's nice to see you're not bitter ;-/
> 
> 	Why do you assume it was a she?

<chuckles>

	Because Jim's comment specifically referred to women.

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Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

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