On Wed, August 12, 2009 14:42, Emily L. Ferguson wrote: > But by every measure used in our culture, the only value that counts is > money. I do think that's an extreme overstatement. We make government regulations, laws, and such to preserve people's health, for example. The arguments for doing so are not primarily economic; indeed, the costs are economic, and the benefits are mostly NOT economic, yet we do it. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info
