Monk,
I've watched this thread, but still have not got any particular impression
about Martijn's opinions. He has described the world as he sees it, not as
he would wish it to be.

We are all against human meanness, but hatred is not a good way to fight
it. As for capitalism, some like it - some do not. Like you, I wish the
world was different and that money had less influence. I do not think that
books should be free, but I do think that people all over the planet ought
to be rewarded according to the work they do rather than where they live.
But that is one of the problems that even Firebird is unable to solve, so
it is futile to discuss it in this group.

Do svidanja,
Set

At 14:05 14.01.2003 +0200, you wrote:

>Thank you for detailed description YOUR OWN ideas.
>Human meanness and capitalism should die!
>I hate people like you.
>
>It's all. Bye.
>
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>MT> I have to react on "with peoples like you" - 'cause that's a load
>MT> of crap. You don't know me - you don't know my thoughts. From
>MT> what I've written, there's very little to conclude - especially on this
>MT> subject.
>
>MT> People will always differ on the subject of politics - there's no
>MT> "right" or "wrong" answer there. There's no such thing as "free" -
>MT> in any political system. People need to eat - if everyone is a farmer,
>MT> they can eat whatever they create themselves. But not everyone
>MT> is a farmer - and we (as a people) agreed on that a very long time
>MT> ago - some people are good at creating shovels to aid the farmers,
>MT> some are good at being a farmer, some are good at creating
>MT> clothes. All in exchange for (in the beginning) food or other things.
>
>MT> If someone writes a book and spends hours and hours and hours
>MT> doing so, he expects something in return.
>
>MT> As for free info - there's plenty of free info available on the internet -
>MT> you can get it, you can call the "ib-support" list for help. Heck, even
>MT> I would reply if I can help you - FOR FREE! And mind you, working
>MT> with database engines and helping people or creating systems/
>MT> applications is something I normally get paid for. So be happy if
>MT> people spend time answering your questions.
>
> >> I only want remind you, this flame began with question about the
> >> "Interbase World" book.
>
>MT> It's not a "flame" in any way - a decent answer was given to your
>MT> question.
>
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