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Jim Ley writes:
I fail to see what information that gives that is useful to fraud, other than the fact that you pay Bob money on occasion, something that anyone with account acccess can see with cheques or anything else. Then you may be unusually vulnerable to fraud. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Keith Anderson writes:
You been on that maryjane again? I'm not a substance abuser. Are you American? -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Sjoerd writes:
You live in the 19th century. The entire concept of social strata doesn't really exist anymore in most of Europe. Where have you lived outside of Europe? -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Miguel Cruz writes:
Most Americans are highly ambitious overachievers? Compared to Europeans, yes. In the U.S., you're much more likely to starve if you don't work for a living, and that's a powerful motivator. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:19:09 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: Jim Ley writes: I fail to see what information that gives that is useful to fraud, other than the fact that you pay Bob money on occasion, something that anyone with account acccess can see with cheques or anything else. Then you may be unusually vulnerable to fraud. Please explain how, I'm scared now that phoning by bank and telling them to pay Bob is a risk... I might I alleviate it (please don't say by cheques, as I have had wrongly debited cheques on numerous occasions) |
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David Horne writes:
There's quite a lot of material out there which questions the deeper motivations behind a lot of Gates's philanthropic giving ... I don't know anyone who questions the "deeper motivations." There's nothing to indicate that the deeper motivations of Bill and Melinda are any different from those of, say, Andrew Carnegie. But there were probably angry young males whispering about Andrew's "deeper motivations" in his time as well. Some people can't imagine giving something away without expecting anything in return. To them, any giving without an obvious demand for something in return is evil and suspect, since then the latter is certainly being "hidden" in their view. The possibility that no such demand may exist in the first place never crosses their selfish minds. Personally, I don't know enough about it to form an opinion either way- And yet you've just done so. ... but there does seem to be a lot of convenient 'self-interest' at the very least. And Albert Schweitzer set up hospitals in out of the way places just so that he'd have a guaranteed supply of patients. -- Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly. |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
David Horne writes: There's quite a lot of material out there which questions the deeper motivations behind a lot of Gates's philanthropic giving ... I don't know anyone who questions the "deeper motivations." Manifestly. Personally, I don't know enough about it to form an opinion either way- And yet you've just done so. I absolutely have not- you mistakenly confuse having a hunch, or suspecting something, with forming an opinion. I'm happily on the fence on this one- _you're_ the one that seems convinced of your opinion. David -- David Horne- www.davidhorne.co.uk davidhorne (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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"Deep Freud Moors" wrote in message .. .
Does this make the inhabitants of Paris 'less rich' somehow? Yes. Less freedom. What freedoms do Americans have that Europeans don't? (I have asked this question a number of times in usenet land, and never gotten much of an answer) --- DFM I can tell you that Europeans have considerably more freedom of political choice than Americans. The number of political parties is higher in every European country and the spectrum of political choice much broader. Americans complain loudly and constantly about their lack of choice but nothing much seems to be changing. No one asked, but I find intellectual life in Bali and Nepal more free than either Europe or the US. Surprising, isn't it? |
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le 11 Oct 2003 06:24:40 -0700, dans l'article , Patrick Powers a dit ...
{ snip } No one asked, but I find intellectual life in Bali and Nepal more free than either Europe or the US. Surprising, isn't it? The word 'intellectual' is an insult in the United States. -- Desmond Coughlan |desmond [at] zeouane [dot] org http://www.zeouane.org/ |
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