Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 16:41:43 02/09/06
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On February 09, 2006 at 19:20:03, Dann Corbit wrote: >I once saw Jimmy Carter on TV building a house. Kind of a strange thing for a >former President of the U.S. to be doing, but there he was, hammering away. He >wasn't getting paid for the work (not that he would need it, as former U.S. >presidents get a nice pension). > >The objective of the exercise in which a large group of workers took part was to >complete the house and then give it away. > >Another man may build a house and sell it. > >Both the family that got the free house and the family that paid for their house >were glad to get them. We do not say that Jimmy Carter did a bad thing to build >a house for someone who could not afford it. And we do not say that the builder >of the house that was sold did a bad thing because the people who bought it >thought that it was worth the money. > >Both persons did something that made someone else happy. Both of them did some >good for someone. > >Which of the men did the greater good? I guess it is a matter of opinion. > >But the house that was given away was not worthless. Neither did it devaluate >the house that was sold. > >There is room in the world for both types of transactions. Amen, ya ya, amen, man. I a bit confused cause you told ma that the _best_ would be for free in the World. It was Brother Tord from Norway. And I thought that Rybka is the best, so - it might be free too? Ya ya, amen, all the best...
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