Author: Albert Silver
Date: 08:26:30 12/10/04
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On December 10, 2004 at 10:41:26, martin fierz wrote: >On December 10, 2004 at 10:12:22, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On December 10, 2004 at 09:00:39, martin fierz wrote: >> >>>On December 10, 2004 at 07:14:27, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: >>> >>>>On December 10, 2004 at 06:56:20, martin fierz wrote: >>>> >>>>>On December 10, 2004 at 05:37:28, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: >>>>> >>>>>[snip] >>>>>>Giving things away freely to >>>>>>everybody is either silly, dumping or a sort of feeding one's vanity. >>>> >>>>>or generosity? have you really never heard of this concept? >>>> >>>>have you never thought on its consequences? >>> >>>obviously not in the way you do. please enlighten me! >>> >>>cheers >>> martin >> >>He wrote it in CSS. He says that people who do this are either naive or serving >>their own vanity. >> >> Albert > >i know - that's what he already wrote here before (see quotes >>>>> above). i >thought he might explain the consequences of generosity, as he seems to think >that generosity is somehow evil. > >cheers > martin No doubt he is using a different dictionary than we. Here is what mine (Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary) says: gen·er·os·i·ty, n., pl. -ties. 1. readiness or liberality in giving. 2. freedom from meanness or smallness of mind or character. 3. a generous act: We thanked him for his many generosities. 4. largeness or fullness; amplitude. [1375–1425; late ME generosite < L generŽsit€s, equiv. to generŽs(us) GENEROUS + -it€s -ITY] —Syn. 1. munificence, bountifulness. 2. nobleness, magnanimity. —Ant. 1. stinginess. 2. pettiness.
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