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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Father Terrence who wrote (43004)7/2/1999 12:37:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Whoa, Nellie! All jbe "said" was that "there are many more (and much more creditable) emotions, values, and motives involved in economic activity in general than just the 'greed' and 'fear' that drive stock markets in particular."

Now, I see, you are saying that all human activity is primarily driven by the latter emotions:

The basic motivations of all human action and interaction is fear and greed.

I object to this on three grounds -- listed in order of importance, of course.

1) You use the singular where you should use the plural ("is" instead of "are").

2) Your theory is simplistic.

3) You advance your theory as if it were indisputable fact. No qualifiers. No "perhaps"; no "possibly"; no "IMO."

Oh, I forgot. You are an "Objectivist"; therefore, anything you say must be "objectively" true. <gg>
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