Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:44:59 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS Message-ID: <20111029004459.71c6befa.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201110282227.p9SMR3HY075510@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <20111028175401.17906e52@scorpio> <201110282227.p9SMR3HY075510@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:27:03 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi wrote: > Your insistance on trying to impose -your- standards on the world, and > denying them the 'freedom of choice' to make their own decisions on the > matter -- e.g. "anyone offering such products should be to some degree > held legally responsible to their worth" -- is a fascist mind-set. > You 'know better' than anybody else, what is 'right' _for_ them. <snort> There is a market for those who don't want to think before buying, who just want to buy, who want to be told what's the "right way". In a free society, it's also a freedom to give up the individual choice, as strange as it sounds. By spending more money, customers are able to "buy theirselves free" from doubt and fear. I admit that this attitude shares aspects of a typical belief or even religion. This concept runs the thing we currently call the "self-controlling market". > BTW, I'd _love_ to see Microsoft "held legally respnsible" for _their_ > product shortcomings. They'd be out of business in a week at the outside. Would benefiting a healthy and free market, which means real capitalism (not the stage show we're experiencing today). :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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