Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   Because "we will only put out fires for those who pay us" is extortion,
> 
> They're volunteers.  How is it any more extortion than "I will only 
> program computers for people who pay me"?

Because programming computers is a non-vital operation.  Not putting out 
a fire when you have the capability to do so is deliberately allowing a 
significant portion of a person's life to be destroyed.

>>   Also, people often die in fires. If someone dies in a fire they refused
>> to put out because they got no money from them, they let someone die on
>> purpose even though they could help.
> 
> Yes. I don't think they went that far, altho I do remember hearing a 
> story of them showing up at some rich cheap-bastard's house just to 
> watch it burn.
> The donation request was something like $10/year or so, so it wasn't 
> like a lot of money. But if you were too cheap even for that...

It shouldn't matter.  A group of firefighters going to someone's house 
just to watch it burn down and not help is about as far down the pole of 
being a decent human being as you can get.

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Tim Cook
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