Posted by Tarkus on 10/30/05 20:07

On 10/30/2005 11:33:29 AM, Mark Spatny wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 20:18:47 -0400, Rich <none@none.com> wrote:
>
>> The Orient sees theft as normal business practice,
>
> As opposed to American oil companies, which use any excuse to jack up
> prices and gouge consumers, even though they have been making record
> profits.
>
> The entire world sees theft as a normal business practice...It's just
> called different things depending on whether you are doing the
> thieving or on the receiving end.

It's not theft to raise your prices to meet demand. It's called
capitalism. There is no law that says you're only allowed to make a
certain amount of profit.
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