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Old 03-25-2009, 02:07 PM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by BV View Post
Here is a perfect analogy:

Just imagine if a store started giving away free generic cigarettes a pack at a time.

Many people would be happy with that and never buy Marlboros again.

They would go to this store every day for a free pack of generic smokes.

The store would have all kinds of traffic every day.

Marlboro sales would plummet.

This is where we are.
The difference is Marlboro would have the brains to come up with a solution. Or the balls to make sure people were stopped. We only have the brains to keep moaning and never thing of solutions.
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