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To: Rarebird who wrote (267281)	11/14/2003 11:35:03 AM
From: S. maltophilia	Respond to of 436258

"man is the measure of all things." (Socrates) Actually Protagoras, or maybe Plato.

To: Rarebird who wrote (267281)	11/14/2003 12:21:56 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Sorry bird, it was a sophist who said that. Socrates believed nothing of the kind. bartleby.com The powers that be certainly can stop gold. It could be made illegal to own and confiscated overnight. How do I know? Because it already happened. Roosevelt did it. The Kennedy administration even made it a crime for United States citizens to own gold outside the U.S. This is the main reason you never hear John Templeton mentioning gold as an alternative.