From bob@RATTLESNAKE.COM Sat Apr 20 06:21:16 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: bob@rattlesnake.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_1); 20 Apr 2002 13:21:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 57708 invoked from network); 20 Apr 2002 13:21:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 20 Apr 2002 13:21:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (140.186.114.245) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Apr 2002 13:21:14 -0000 Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.114) Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:21:13 +0000 (UTC) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.0.20020419173804.04b5eec0@digitalkingdom.org> (message from lojbab on Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:08:03 -0400) Subject: Re: [lojban] where the mailing lists lie References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020418222728.049dde70@digitalkingdom.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20020419173804.04b5eec0@digitalkingdom.org> From: "Robert J. Chassell" Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=810561 lojbab@lojban.org wrote: They can't sell what you don't give them. (Hint: they have no way to verify the truth of anything you enter into their data fields, other than your email address. .... As a matter of good governance, a country should never encourage decent people to lie. The social arrangements should encourage honesty. (Note that `white lies' and other such diplomatic remarks are quite different from making direct claims that are false. Also, you should never have to deal with a business as if it were like a friend wearing mismatched socks.) Indeed, a country should arrange matters such that acting in an honest manner is without doubt the best action. Even if they themselves are not honest, people always hope that their neighbors will be honest. -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com Rattlesnake Enterprises http://www.rattlesnake.com