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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (152224)1/29/2013 6:34:21 PM
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excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
so you resorted to a common dictionary definition after all. we agreed that the definition should be in your own words, not a copy and paste. but this is getting ridiculous. i can take apart the dictionary definition too.

what if desire isn't acted upon? if you desire something and don't take it, is it then still greed? how would you know it's greed, if desire weren't acted upon?

who decides how much desire is excessive? is it variable or fixed? what is the threshold of 'excessive'?

the definition is pretty much worthless.
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