Re: OT Atlas Shrugged.

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"JoeRaisin" wrote:
>
> Taking Obama out of the equation (since I already acceded that his inclusion
> was a load of crap) you do not believe the scenario illustrates socialism.
> In what ways do you believe socialism to be different from the example?

Oh, in that light we agree.

> I believe it shows how the fruits of everyone's labor is collected in a
> general pool and the results distributed evenly.  It further shows the
> effect this has upon the work force.
>
> That effect was illustrated when the Berlin wall came down.  After a while
> the business owners in Germany were loath to hire those from the former
> communist regions as their work ethic was horrendous.

Having once hired a Russian ex-pat, I concur.  Laziest, most useless slob I
ever met.  He was one of the very few people I actually fired over the course
of several decades.

> I agreed with that point.  My point (and, I believe, Bob's as well) was that
> it allows lazy *instruction* to be camouflaged.

I understand your point but I think that marking on a curve is appropriate
under cetain circumstances.  I don't equate it with socialism.  Regardless,
the initial premise the thread was neither a discussion of the relative merits
of grading on a curve nor of socialism.

> So the lazy comment was directed at the actual course content rather than
> the figuring of GPA's.

Understood.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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