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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: It's really tough to debate with ignorant...
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Date: 8 May 91 21:43:04 GMT
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>dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>[lots of programs on a small hard drive]
>[implies he cannot afford a $1500 hard drive]

In article <1991May8.014526.15073@neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) retorts:
>  Seems to me like there are a LOT of commercial applications in your
>list of software on your hard disk.  How on earth could you avoid all those
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							     "afford"?
>programs, yet you don't want to buy a $1000 hard disk??

	Come ON, man, that is a silly question.  If someone spends a lot of
money on programs, does that automatically imply he should have a lot of
money LEFT OVER for an expensive hard disk??  Of course not!  Personally, I
have to save money for a long time to afford an expensive piece of
hardware.  Buying a (less expensive) software package now and then, building
up a nice collection, is less strenuous on the budget.

	I took offense at your posting because it appeared (to me) that
you were subtly suggesting that he is a pirate.  I don't know the guy,
personally, but I do know when suppositions are being made with insufficient
evidence.

                                                        Dan

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