[consulting] Unionizing Drupal

[E.J. Zufelt]

Perhaps I wasn't clear.  I am not saying that rotting food isn't evidence of inefficiency, but that it, in and of itself, is not necessarily a bad thing.  I am not saying that it is a good thing, but that a argument, based on all of the actual facts, must be posited for someone to come to a conclusion as to whether or not this particular situation is good or bad.

The underlying question here, as usual, is what is the greatest good, and since that is something with which philosophers and us regular folk have been struggling with for ages, I have great doubt that we will resolve the question to everyone's satisfaction on this list :)




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On 2010-08-08, at 4:21 PM, Marty Landman wrote:

> At 02:54 PM 8/8/2010, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
> 
>> Why is rotting food a bad thing?  If you were to argue that people 
>> were starving because of this I might agree that the current system 
>> being implemented is not necessarily the best, but the existence of 
>> rotting food isn't a good argument for efficiency.
> 
> From dictionary.com's second definition for efficiency:
> 
> "accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum 
> expenditure of time and effort"
> 
> Couldn't the labor and materials not to mention natural resources 
> expended making food that will rot - and have to be disposed of to 
> prevent attracting vermin and disease - be better expended on other 
> things? Or left alone to be used for recreation iow have less 
> farmland and more undeveloped land by being efficient in distributing 
> the produce. Needing less folks working on planting, raising and 
> harvesting food which is then thrown out? How is this not inefficient?
> 
> On 2010-08-08, at 2:34 PM, Greg Holsclaw wrote:
> 
>>> Efficiency makes all things cheaper, makes them faster. All 
>> people are equal in dignity in my eyes, bit not all are equal in 
>> skill set nor effort. I work hard to provide fir my family. Much 
>> harder than many I know. And I expect to be duly compensated.
> 
> Do you expect all your neighbors to also be duly compensated? What 
> about a person born to a wealthy family who contributes less than 
> they get?  How does that figure in?
> 
>>> Yes there are rich capitalist with hordes of money.
> 
> What sort of services can a person perform to get a yearly 
> compensation of one hundred million dollars? Sorry I just can't wrap 
> my head around that one.
> 
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