Re: HLA v1.78 is now available

Annie wrote:
> On 2005-10-21 sevagK said:
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>   > Bill Gates has also donated more money to charities than you can
>   > ever hope to see your entire life, thousands of times over..
>   > That really must make him 1,000,000,000 times more worthy than
>   you. >
>   > -sevag.K                                _____
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> 1. On the basis of total wealth vs. percentage donated, Gates is
>   a piker. The donations are, to him, chump change.

So you disagree with giving your spare change to charity then? You're a
very 
public-spirited person.

> 2. The monies donated to, and disbursed by, the Gates Foundation
>   are tax-sheltered.

So the money he gives out isn't taxed? Or taxed less heavily? How is that
a 
problem? Sounds quite a nice thing that they've done.

> 3. The "philanthropy" is strictly self-serving.

'course it is. That's the whole point - you get a nice feeling when you 
donate. Why should that be wrong?

>   A fair ****tion of the give-away takes the form of hardware and
>   software...which ultimately benefits M$ by creating even MORE
>   brain-dead pointee-clickee WinDoze Weenies around the world --
>   thus insuring a continuing Mikro$loth customer base.

Pah, you're just jealous because nobody wants to do things your way. And 
it's not surprising really.