Author: martin fierz
Date: 08:42:00 12/10/04
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On December 10, 2004 at 11:26:30, Albert Silver wrote: >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. nice :-) specially since it's christmas season... cheers martin
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