Re: LUcifer Shakes Down Widows

"Jer" <gdunn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:12h03u48jh4vt69@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I don't have a problem with adults making their own decisions, so long
as 
> those decisions are made from an informed perspective.  That doesn't
happen 
> if the consumer doesn't know what questions deserve an informative
answer, 
> and you don't usually get that from the same company offering the
service 
> that creates the need for questions.

Good point, although I rather feel that "caveat emptor" does still apply
to 
some degree -- until demonstrated otherwise, the smart consumer should 
*presume* any company that they'll engage in business with may try to take

advantage of their naivete.

> Companies that intentionally take advantage of this "info gap" are the 
> scourge of business and have earned the privilege of being obliterated
from 
> existence regardless of any other benefits they provide to the economy -

> their replacement will be offered the same op****tunities to conduct 
> themselves in an honest manner - or they're next.

That's more wishful thinking than reality, I think.