Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.os.linux.advocacy > #33211

Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition

Show all headers | View raw

In reply to Homer who posted:

> Verily I say unto thee, that bbgruff spake thusly:
>> On Wednesday 15 June 2011 15:26 DFS wrote:
>>
>>> How about the hospital in your town - are you down there every day
>>> donating money and time?
>>
>> I thought that Homer lived in the UK
>
> Yes.
>
>> and that he was in employment?
>
> No, I'm self-employed, after coming out of early retirement. I pay my 
> own tax and NI contributions. For some 30 years I was employed or
> self-employed through agencies, and paid tax and NI contributions
> throughout all that time too - mostly at the higher rate, so there can
> be no question of my contributions.
>
> I also contribute heavily to charity, and give help to others on an ad
> hoc basis, such as in this case. The contributions come out of my own
> personal funds, and I don't apply for (and don't want) any tax breaks,
> since AFAIAC that would be like "robbing Peter to feed Paul".
>
> Not that I really think of it as "charity", mind you. AFAIAC it's a
> moral obligation for me to at least /care/ about those who deserve some
> compassion, and help when I can.  Any half-decent human being should
> instinctively feel sympathy for the plight of other decent people, and
> feel compelled to help them, without considering it a burden.
>
> But DooFy doesn't qualify as half-decent, or frankly even human. He not 
> only lacks any compassion, but has nothing but contempt for others and
> their suffering, because they're not soulless, elitist, libertarian
> money worshippers like him.

IIRC, didn't someone once refer to DFS as a "money obsessed goon"?
Seems to fit him right enough. 

>> Now how about growing up a bit
>
> He doesn't need to grow up, he needs to crawl back into Hell.
>

-- 
The world will end in 5 minutes. Please log out.
"Microsoft has vast resources, literally billions of dollars in cash, or liquid assets reserves. 
Microsoft is an incredibly successful empire built on the premise of market dominance with low-quality goods." 
-- Former White House adviser Richard A. Clarke --

Back to comp.os.linux.advocacy | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

HeliOS update: Diane's condition JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-06-13 16:46 -0700
  Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-13 23:44 -0400
    Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-14 17:13 +0100
      Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-14 14:53 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-14 22:51 +0100
      Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-15 05:16 +0100
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 08:47 +0000
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-15 10:46 +0100
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2011-06-15 19:22 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-15 14:26 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-15 11:21 +0100
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 10:49 +0000
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-06-15 12:43 -0700
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-15 15:04 -0500
                Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 16:14 -0400
                Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-06-15 17:00 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition An Old Friend <an.old@friend.com.invalid> - 2011-06-15 13:09 +0100
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-15 07:18 -0500
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition "Rick O'Shea" <rick@invalid.com> - 2011-06-15 09:23 -0400
        Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2011-06-15 10:26 -0400
          Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-06-15 17:14 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition SomeBloke <stuff@stuff.com> - 2011-06-15 16:31 +0000
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xzoozy.com> - 2011-06-15 13:23 -0400
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-15 22:23 +0100
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-15 23:10 +0100
            Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Sinister Midget <fardblossom@gmail.com> - 2011-06-15 18:22 -0500
              Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2011-06-16 10:36 +0100
  Re: HeliOS update: Diane's condition Homer <usenet@slated.org> - 2011-06-14 14:18 +0100

csiph-web