"C J Campbell" wrote in message ...

You may find my views extreme or even ridiculous, but I think it is even
more ridiculous to pretend that wealth and power, such as that pertaining to
an employer or the government, give you the right to steal. Yet that is the
basis of the argument for most of those disagreeing with me.

Not so far as I can see.

Either your reading comprehension or your understanding would appear
to be somewhat deficient.

The basis of the argument of those who disagree with you appears to
me to be that you can not steal what I choose to give you. Most CFIs
appear to have reasonable choices and alternatives available for more
lucrative employment, and to *choose* to work as CFIs in pursuit of
long term personal goals.

If Ayn Rand is the source of your viewpoint equating unpaid work,
theft, and murder, you would appear to be reading her rather selectively.

I am not
surprised that my views offend such people. Indeed, I would be disappointed
if they did not. I would not be happy being popular with those who are
unable to rule their tongues or their passions, or who cannot control their
lust for things that are not theirs to take.

If your implication is that those who disagree with you in this
thread are unable to rule their tongues or passions, or that they
"cannot control their lust for things that are not theirs to take",
you have to take the crown as not only making some of the silliest
analogies I've ever seen, but as crowning them with some of the
most ridiculous ad hominems to emerge from a USENET dispute.

Sorry, CJ, but disagreeing with you that unpaid work equates to
theft or that theft equates to murder does not indicate lack of
control on the part of those who disagree (like myself).

Implying that it does, simply makes you look ridiculous. Again.

Sydney