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  • Re: Hard to believe that publishers still entertain limited editions a

    From Richard Falken@1:123/115 to John Dovey on Tue Nov 15 15:52:33 2022
    Re: Re: Hard to believe that publishers still entertain limited editions a
    By: John Dovey to Dan Clough on Tue Nov 15 2022 02:37 am

    So your philosophy is that it doesn't matter if someone is engaging in immoral expl

    Ok, got it.

    It is a bit of a delicate subject, in my opinion.

    Some would think Diana is immoraly exploiting me by having me clean her house, prepare
    her dinner, scratch her iches, and that I should be prevented from willingly becoming
    her slave. Howeve, it would piss me so, so much if somebody tried to prevent it.

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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Richard Falken on Tue Nov 15 19:51:00 2022
    Richard Falken wrote to John Dovey <=-

    Re: Re: Hard to believe that publishers still entertain limited
    editions a
    By: John Dovey to Dan Clough on Tue Nov 15 2022 02:37 am

    So your philosophy is that it doesn't matter if someone is engaging in
    immora

    It is a bit of a delicate subject, in my opinion.

    Since "JD" doesn't seem to want to answer, perhaps you can help clear
    this up for me...

    Please explain how offering a "premium" version of a product (in this
    case a book) is "exploiting" anyone, or is "immoral". Please.

    As a follow on - is it also "immoral" to offer things like a First Class
    seat on an airplane, at greatly increased cost? Should that be
    considered as exploiting the poor saps sitting in Economy?

    How about eating at an upscale restaurant, when I could stay alive by
    simply eating a can of dog food. Am I exploiting the common folk by
    spending 10 times what I might have otherwise?

    Serious questions here. Please help me understand. Thanks.



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  • From Richard Falken@1:123/115 to Dan Clough on Wed Nov 16 09:03:15 2022
    Re: Re: Hard to believe that publishers still entertain limited editions a
    By: Dan Clough to Richard Falken on Tue Nov 15 2022 07:51 pm

    Serious questions here. Please help me understand. Thanks.

    Lol, it is not me who thinks billing premium for non-essential services just because
    some morons will pay it is exploitative. I am afraid I haev no satisfactory answer
    myself.

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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Richard Falken on Wed Nov 16 21:27:00 2022
    Richard Falken wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    By: Dan Clough to Richard Falken on Tue Nov 15 2022 07:51 pm

    Serious questions here. Please help me understand. Thanks.

    Lol, it is not me who thinks billing premium for non-essential
    services just because some morons will pay it is exploitative. I
    am afraid I haev no satisfactory answer myself.

    Okay, I get that. It's funny though, how those that do think that way
    have suddenly gone quiet. It appears they can't explain it either.

    Perhaps they realize now how dumb it makes them sound. <SHRUG>


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