On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:59:52 GMT, (Cindy Hamilton)
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:43:26 GMT, (Cindy Hamilton)
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:35:25 GMT, (Cindy Hamilton)
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Is it required that you lust after others' possessions? You think
that's healthy? Does it help you save faster? Does it help your
neighbor pay for his? The gain is?

Not required. Probably not healthy. In fact, I don't lust after
my neighbor's chariot. It neither helps me save faster, nor
helps him pay for his.

Yet you think it's a good thing for others?

What does it matter?

It matters a *lot*. When people covet what others have instead of
what they will work for it wrecks society.

What do you think "covet" means? It means "yearn to possess or have".

What *they* posses. If you don't think that's poisonous, you must be
blonde.

How does wanting to have something wreck society? Isn't that what
consumer demand is all about?

Do *you* know what "envy"means?

Suppose it's not good. What are we going to do about it?

We? You think it's just peachy to want to take from others.

What evidence do you have to support this?

You're justifying envy. You said it. I'm just repeating what you
said.

There's no gain. A lot of what people do produces no gain,
yet it's human nature to do these things. We're not robots.

...and that's a good thing?

Human nature comprises both good and bad. Always has, always will.

True but irrelevant. You think it's a good idea to cater to the least
common denominator. I'd rather look somewhat above that.

You seem to wish to restrict people's freedom to covet.

It's wrong on all levels. It is a deadly sin for a reason.

Ah, sin. I don't have much of a concept of sin.

I can tell. Your lack of morality is quite evident.

I suppose if pushed to it, I'd define it the way
Terry Pratchett does: "Treating people as things".

Define "it".

Sin. "Sin is treating people as things".

One.

Covetousness doesn't seem to be a sin.

Bull****. You *are* treating people as objects when you're envious of
their possessions. If you treated them as equals you could never be
envious.

That doesn't make a lick of sense. If my neighbor has a Rolls Royce,
and I think, "I envy his Rolls Royce. I wish I had one", where's
the harm?

You obviously don't know what you're talking about.

Envy (from Latin invidia) is a resentment which "occurs when someone
lacks another's quality, achievement or possession and wishes that the
other lacked it."