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To: KyrosL who wrote (39842)	9/5/1999 7:31:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 152472

(Kyros, I PM'd Brian to read this here) Brian, you were looking for a "Rant" on the wrong thread! Your profile indicates that you are a 17-year-old High School Student, and that you want to go to Wharton. Business School. The article you referred us to is about a gentleman named Peter Singer, who is unfortunately, a typical Liberal Arts Princeton Professor, a collectivist, who believes that the individual should be sacrificed for the good of the group. I suggest you read the following Op-Ed, written to Honor Labor Day, and, if you like it, other Op-Ed's from the same source. aynrand.org Incidentally, I am very happy to see someone like you on these threads. Good Luck!

To: KyrosL who wrote (39842)	9/6/1999 2:55:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 152472

<OT: Here is an interesting post from Brian Lempel on the other thread asking Maurice for a rant. Guess he didn't realize that this is the rant thread. Message 11164167; That's a favourite topic! But it's in my too-hard basket just now. For now, I'm going to concentrate on getting the money. I can worry about what I do with it later. For now, I think the ethicist's argument is simplistic. Giving things to people who have got less than yourself isn't so straightforward. Suppose one supports many people who then use the help to go ahead and produce more people, it could end up quite a shambles when the help is withdrawn in a few decades [perhaps as a result of an economic collapse in the donating area]. If a system is not self-sustaining, but depends on altruistic donations from elsewhere and there is no corresponding flow of benefit back to the donor, there is likely to be a big problem down the line. Each situation needs to be judged on its merits. This whole question ends up very quickly in the 'meaning of life' category. Good luck figuring that out in five minutes and making a simple 'don't have an expensive meal' rule to live by. I'll pass today! Mqurice