PRICED@vax.lse.ac.uk wrote:
quoted 14 lines A guy came into the record store where i work last night and>A guy came into the record store where i work last night and
>spent two hundred and seventy pounds (sterling, that is) on Fax stuff
>on CD. A number of thoughts ran through my head at that point:
>
>(i) wish i could do that;
>(ii) if i could do that, I'd probably feel bad if i did, as i would find
>it hard to justify spending that amount of cash on myself in such a self-
>indulgent way;
>(iii) why should i feel bad if i'd worked hard to earn that money in the first
>place, and considering that i might well spend something like that over
>6 months or a year anyway?
>(iv) If i do spend that in a year, is my need for Namlook/James/Black Dog/
>etc greater than, say, X's need for a bed or food or other requirements
>for a decent life, and if not, do I then deserve it?
Weeell there's an infinite amount of moral issues which will come to mind
when you continue thinking about it...one thing tho:
When you buy a record made by lets say Namlook, a bit of the money will
sooner or later slip into into Namlook's pocket and thus you will at least
support *him*...and he has (without a doubt) done something too deserve it...
Being an artist isn't the easiest way to make a living either...
But then again, 270 pounds sterling, wow -
Fredrik.