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To: Spheres who wrote (57478)	12/22/2004 3:56:41 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

Spehres, you did have it right first time that genetics is the key. But you then erroneously concluded that that means ALL Italians can go to the bank on the strength of their assets. You are obviously remiss in not reading that study fully, but merely skipped to the bottom after a cursory glance at what it was all about and got all excited at seeing Italians at Numero Deuxo. You then leapt to a faulty conclusion that you are ergo a genius, worth a lot of money. You are hereby ordered to study the study over Xmas for 6 hours a day until New Year, whereupon you are to report back showing that you understand the meaning. You will be given a test to ensure you have absorbed it. It's an eternal human problem - confusing the individual with the tribe. They are NOT the same thing. Okay, you aren't a racist in the sense that you meant well, but well-meaning slave owners were still racists. You are also confused about capitalism. You ARE a capitalist. Capitalism means profits from accumulated wealth, privately or corporately owned, determined in a free market. dictionary.reference.com We are ALL capitalists in that property has been accumulated over generations and we live off the creativity and efforts of those who have gone before. In some instances that property/capital is owned individually, and in some cases it is owned collectively [clubs, families, trusts, corporations, partnerships, incorporated societies, states and so on]. Without capital, we would all be right back to the stone age. Knowledge is also capital and these days is the most valuable capital. Check out MSFT and QCOM as a couple of examples. It's Xmas, so repent and do not sin again. Mqurice