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Old 05-03-2004, 06:01 PM   #14 (permalink)
FleaCircus
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Quote:
Originally posted by Menoman
An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth

with that definition I see this

Cons: You are Bill Gates, with enough money to buy every person in the US healthcare for upwards of 10 years.
Given this definition of greed, who's to say what one deserves? To me, that seems just as subjective as the concept of greed itself.

Also, just because Bill Gates could buy everyone healthcare for a while, does that mean that he should? Does this make altruism the opposite of greed?
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