Matthew Hunter wrote: > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:21:24PM -0700, Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > >>At 09:48 PM 10/14/2002 -0700, David Silberstein wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Steven Brust wrote: >>> >>>>At 01:55 PM 10/14/2002 -0700, David Silberstein wrote: >>>> >>>>> - Does a yendi differ from a snake in any meaningful way? >>>> >>>>That's rather like asking if a cocker-spaniel differs from a dog. >>> >>>So you're saying that the yendi is the small, cute, bouncy, >>>tail-wagging floppy-eared fluffywuffy member of the snake family? >> >>I was thinking more of an irritating, always underfoot, peeing on the >>carpet, yapping to go out member of the snake family, but I guess it works >>either way. > > > Now, it seems to me that if you had paid attention to the > irritating, always-underfoot, and yapping behaviors in a timely > fashion, you would have fewer issues with the floor being peed > upon. But that's just me. > > (And let this example state a clear and compelling case *against* > a command economy! The invisible hand of the market will > allocate its waste-disposal resources more efficiently without > the interference of a communal gatekeeper whose excretory needs > are not closely tied to the other individuals in his community! > Thus proven, ladies and gentlefolk: Communism results in a pile > of crap.) > Ahh, but it could be equally said, that in a true free market economy the most effcient and cost effective method of waste disposal is to tip it out the window. so under said economy you end up spending your life wading through shit:) > There, that should be inflammatory enough to draw a response. Andrew.