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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.
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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