From: Xela@yabbs
To: feotus@yabbs
Subject: someone has to pay
Date: Tue Feb  8 13:03:49 1994

    There seems to be an underlying utopian thread in these messages 
involving the abolishment of money, with the idea that sustenance (food, 
drugs, clothing, housing, etc.) can be free.  "For instance all my 
net-acces is 
free, and I do mean free, I'm not a student" -foetus.  Well who pays for 
it?  It may not be you, but someone has to foot the bill for your network 
travels.  It may be that the cost is split up among the taxpayers who 
support the government's involvment in technology, but i digress.
    "You dont have to play by their rules all the time.  you can minimize 
the negative impact of greed on your life.  Thats what I seek to do.  I 
dont say you have to do it, it's just what I do.  It's my little 
part."-foetus.  You can mimnize your interaction with society, but someone 
else must maximize theirs.  There is no, and has never been, anything 
such as a free lunch.  

    -Alex R.