tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post7801491691065084142..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: The principle of luxuryLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-24895328722279616462007-08-29T12:05:00.000-06:002007-08-29T12:05:00.000-06:00I like this idea; it's a good way to think about t...I like this idea; it's a good way to think about the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-13015272242156882402007-08-29T09:54:00.000-06:002007-08-29T09:54:00.000-06:00Of course, H. I may be a whore, but I'm not a chea...Of course, H. I may be a whore, but I'm not a <I>cheap</I> whore. ;)Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-20071751965561427612007-08-29T09:31:00.000-06:002007-08-29T09:31:00.000-06:00I'd rather work for a year as a computer programme...<I>I'd rather work for a year as a computer programmer than have homosexual sex for an hour. Up the price to ten years, however, and I'd consider it.</I><BR/><BR/>"Would you go to bed with me for a thousand dollars" he asked.<BR/><BR/>"I would think so" she replied<BR/><BR/>"Would you go to bed with me for ten dollars"<BR/><BR/>"I most certainly would not, what do you think I am?<BR/><BR/>We've ascertained what you are, it's just the price we're negotiating.Himselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666097098083216833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-46924445589762918472007-08-29T08:21:00.000-06:002007-08-29T08:21:00.000-06:00From what I read, the prostitution in Iraq is abou...<I>From what I read, the prostitution in Iraq is about more than just money - many women are being forced at gunpoint to do it. That is more than just economic necessity pushing them toward a profession, that is rape.</I><BR/><BR/>Rape is not prostitution-plus, it's a horse of an entirely different color.<BR/><BR/><I>I agree there would be plenty of programmers even in a luxury economy, but probably most of the actual projects that programmers today work on would find no takers. Several of the projects I worked on would go into that category - so in that sense, working on those projects was degrading.</I><BR/><BR/>I tend to disagree. The whole point of trading work is that you do what someone else wants in return for what you want. Just because I've worked on some projects I wouldn't do for purely my own sake doesn't mean that I wouldn't work on them to earn money to buy luxuries.<BR/><BR/>I'm particularly stubborn, and I'm privileged to be in a position to be stubborn without risking starvation. I've never worked on a project that I found morally reprehensible or in which I felt degraded.<BR/><BR/>You're a lawyer, no? so YMMV. ;)Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-48459382436645240882007-08-29T08:14:00.000-06:002007-08-29T08:14:00.000-06:00From what I read, the prostitution in Iraq is abou...From what I read, the prostitution in Iraq is about more than just money - many women are being forced at gunpoint to do it. That is more than just economic necessity pushing them toward a profession, that is rape. <BR/><BR/>But taking a step back, for those who don't have a gun to their head, but instead do it out of pure economic need, you have a point, some jobs are more degrading than others. Though what degrades is, to a certain degree, a matter of taste, there are general trends. I would not want to be a homosexual prostitute either, though if given a choice between that and a job eating human excrement, I'd probably opt for the prostitution. (And yet strangely enough, there are people who actually get off on eating human excrement and pay to be able to do it - which I find disgusting, but I suppose it is all a matter of taste). <BR/><BR/>I agree there would be plenty of programmers even in a luxury economy, but probably most of the actual projects that programmers today work on would find no takers. Several of the projects I worked on would go into that category - so in that sense, working on those projects was degrading.DBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805375811782552873noreply@blogger.com