This is the best written piece of mail list prose I have read in a long time. I
cannot write anything approaching its eloquence and haven't been able to since
flunking Philosophy 101.
;)
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From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 8:48 PM
Subject: [OM] Was suggestions for interiors. Now basic ethics
Rich or poor, it is your choice.
Wrong or right, it is your decision.
The software developer had the talent to create something which I value and
am willing to trade for my money. Money which was earned from talents I
possess and from taking risk others may not have been willing to take.
Society does not make decisions about my level of life. That has been
created by me in the decisions I have made in my lifetime. When one accepts
their current circumstances as a reflection of the cumulative choices they
have made, they will experience both power and freedom that eludes many.
Here again we all have choices. Do we accept responsibility for our
decisions or do we blame our circumstances on society, our parents, the
education system or whomever or whatever it is to which we choose to
relinquish our power and the responsibility for our life? Experience has
shown me that should I not be happy with what it is that "life" has given me,
I can change them through my willingness to change what I am doing and what
I'm willing to put at risk.
Our prison systems are full of people who have rationalized their actions and
given the power for their circumstance to someone or something else.
Different choices would have produced different results.
What changes in our choices would have us able to own rather than possess
Photoshop. Although I do not own this program, one day I will. It is a
choice I have made. My owning it will reward its developer for their talent,
the risk they have taken and the choices they have made in their life. I am
honored to have the opportunity to participate in that type of system. If it
works for them, it will work for me.
Bill Barber
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