Following Gabor's line of reasoning, and paying the utmost attention not to confuse cause with effect, it would be OK for us to invest in narcotics: after all, if people wouldn't use drugs, we wouldn't be making any money, the market would regulate itself and we would get what we deserve. I have to add that I missed the connection with Iraq and the rest. There is an elephant in the room that Gabor seems to fail to notice: if the allegations are true, Elsevier would be investing money we directly make for them with our own (unpaid) work. Which -- whatever side you take in the dispute -- makes a call for boycott legitimate. My pension fund is bound to ethical investments, my employer too; I don't see why I shouldn't ask so for my publisher. On 8 Dec 2006, at 01:46, Gabor Lukacs wrote:
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