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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (43477)	12/17/2003 1:22:10 AM
From: Eva	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Housing boom is starting to crumble: rumormillnews.com tic toc

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (43477)	12/17/2003 4:41:28 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<Yiwu is doing something useful for society.> Ray, what has Yiwu done for me? I haven't seen anything. Which isn't to say that there isn't something. Just that I haven't seen it. Or, maybe you don't think I'm part of "society". ElM is nailing together CDMA base stations, Jay is providing cash flow into China [where huge amounts of CDMA are being bought]. Many are doing their bit or megabit for me and 'society'. But what has Yiwu done for me? I don't want to have to write my own history. That's very hard work. I expect others to be out there with their nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel, ear to the ground, eye on the ball, back to the wall, [somewhat contortionist admittedly], working 12 hours a day. < What are you doing you selfish parasite?> Now, now Ray, you are going off the rails. A parasite by definition can't be selfish because they have to have a living host. In fact, parasites are symbiotic weapons of mass destruction. People who are immune to them use to commit genocide against those who are not, thereby propagating their own, and the parasite's gene pool. Maoris for example, had a shocking experience with European diseases. Indians sic their bugs on Westerners who develop Delhi Belly or Montezuma's Revenge. Parasites are most effective when they self-destruct in martyrdom operations against non-immune hosts. So, for example, sars bugs which die with a non-resistant victim are not selfish parasites. They are the suicide bombers of the microbiological world. They die and take the non-carriers with them, leaving the resistant carriers to take over from the ethnicly-cleansed areas. Now you might think we capitalists are parasites, but in fact we can only live on thriving hosts. We need a LOT of thriving hosts to man the sweatshops, churn out the chips and phragment the photons. We provide our hard-earned capital and our hosts provide the rest. It's the best symbiosis the biological world has ever seen. Selfish? Hardly. By the way, what have you done for me lately? Mqurice

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (43477)	12/17/2003 12:15:00 PM
From: AC Flyer	Respond to of 74559

>>What are you doing you selfish parasite?<< There's a scene in one of my favorite family movies, The Princess Bride, where, faced with reports that the indefatigable Dread Pirate Roberts (aka Westley) is still in pursuit, the chief bad guy, Vizzini, who labors under the misconception that he possesses a superior intellect, blurts out, "inconceivable!" To which Inigo Montoya replies, "are you sure you know the meaning of the word inconceivable?" Are you sure you know the meaning of the word parasite, Ray?

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (43477)	12/17/2003 12:48:59 PM
From: AC Flyer	Respond to of 74559

You know, Ray, after thinking about The Princess Bride, I now have a perfect mental picture of you - Wallace Shawn as Vizzini.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (43477)	12/17/2003 5:24:16 PM
From: Seeker of Truth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

"You selfish parasite." When you talk to people that way where's the dialog? If we want pointless invective we can get it on the Yahoo message boards. Agreed, you are a step above that because your vocabulary is ample so you don't have to use four letter words. On the other hand to hurl invectives at people A will not change them, surely the contrary and B is not enjoyable for onlookers. So one has to ask what is the point of such a post? Kindly desist.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (43477)	12/17/2003 11:26:43 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Ray, Thanks a lot for your support!<g> And in order not to use the state resource for this reply, I waited until I came back home and used the Internet connection paid out of my own pocket<g>. And you are right, I am doing a lot of things for the society. I am a public servant, and my research in long-term care is an indispensable part for plenty of health care providers and policy makers in the state. The value of my research worth much more than what I am getting paid for. So I am definitely not a parasite like ACFlyer<g> and BTW, enjoy all your post, and thank you. Please keep them coming. Edit, I forgot to mention about MQ, he does sounds like having some old age-related stubbornness. So I will forgive him<g>