"John Smith" wrote in message
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On 7/2/2011 11:53 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:

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The value is in what it will buy.
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Or, like having faith in god ... all it takes is a leap of faith!

No, it means going down to the mall with a 50 and seeing what you can bring
home.


If you can cause people to think dog turds have value, you'd never stumble
across one again, in your lifetime!

True enough. But I've never tried to convince people of such things. It may
be dull, but I tend to stick to the evidence.


If people knew just what value was in those little pieces of green paper
you can't even wipe your arse with, properly, there would be a run on the
banks ... wholesale bedlam would follow.

Hmmm...something like realizing what "value" is in those little pieces of
gold? They'd be Ok for fishing sinkers, but you'd have to paint them with
flat paint to knock down the shine. Otherwise, not much.


Most people are stupid, they simply "believe" and, therefore, it is so ...
again, akin to that leap of faith which allows one to believe in god.


I'd find it easier to take you seriously, John, if you showed any evidence
of having studied any of this stuff. It sounds like you make it up as you go
along.

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Ed Huntress


Regards,
JS