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Possible. However, I think a lot of people look down on the poor because those who do it simply need someone to look down upon. Regardless of the criteria, some people always need to look down on many others so that they feel superior and that much better about themselves. Don't...

You are describing everyone but what only some people do. I do NOT judge people by what they own. In fact, I look down on plenty of people who have money if they are ignorant and shallow (by no means are all wealthy people this way of course). I have a great deal of respect, meanwhile, for...

"backed traders?" What is that? I don't think Echo would be giving out any salaries.

The millions killed in the SU was my point about that country. While communism may have been "like a religion," the point is that it doesn't take invoking a God to create hate, genocide and oppression. Some here, on the other hand, suggested that religion has been the cause of all of these...

How did I get this started? Shame on me :)

The context of the discussion, upon whom the burden of proof is placed, has nothing to do with the facts of whether Jesus lived. If you'd read and/or understood the discussion, you wouldn't have jumped in and made comments out of your ass. Now that you've informed us how strongly you believe...

The naked women are part of trading?? Wow, I still have so much to learn about trading. Thank goodness there's so much to learn about trading on ET. Gives a whole new meaning to "going long" during a rally. I feel sorry for the guys who "go short." Ok, these are lame. I'll stop now.

All you have to do is stop reading it. WHy do you post over and over about how this thread should be closed and how disguested you are with it. No one is holding a gun to your head and making you read or comment on it.

Maybe, but what about the TWO naked women he described? You gotta admit, that's a toughie. :)

This is a fallacy. I do in fact believe that Jesus the man lived, although I personally don't believe that he was divine. If you do, there's nothing wrong with that. But if you want to convince others, referring to the populace (what "everyone" believes) is not proof. Hypothetically, the...

None of this is to say that money has no importance. It is important to be able to pay your bills and subsist. While money cannot buy true happiness, being in severe debt can cause a good deal of unhappiness. This is because a person in very heavy debt is forced to spend so much of his or her...

This is very true. Being without money definitely provides experiences that help aide life's education and character building, although it doesn't necessarily mean you will have a good education in human experience (since some people with money only roll over and never even try to persevere)...

But then the money DIDN'T BUY their happiness. They were already happy people. Money simply helped them afford some enjoyable leisure. I think you are confusing what makes someone shallow. Being happy while having money doesn't make someone shallow. Being happy ONLY BECAUSE of money (or unhappy...

I am not going to address the ethics of trading, although I certainly do believe that insider trading is unethical!! But I will say that the 1st point was very flawed in one respect. The guy took an unscientific poll of traders and, since he deemed the results to be poor, concluded that traders...

Actually I know many people with a great deal of money who feel that money does not buy them happiness at all. In fact, some of them live relatively modestly given their wealth. In one extreme case, I know of a guy who was not filthy rich but pretty well off and donated most of his money every...

There have been people that walked away from their rich families or highly lucrative careers in order to do something that they thought was more important. So the suggestion that no man in history has done it is absurd. As for your question why it is wrong to be materialistic, the answer is that...

Not necessarily. He could be saying that he studied ethics in law school, since ethics is one of the major areas studied. However, I have doubts about whether he really went to law school.

Nearly anything can be examined by ethics. It is very subjective, although some perspectives are more rational than others (some perspectives are even contradictory or hypocritical). What law school did you supposedly attend?

Hey jackass! First of all, while some people's views are more logical than others, how are everyone's views here, as a group, "completely illogical views of the world?" All you do is talk shit. At least be specific? And if you don't like the thread, don't read it. It's that simple genius!

Trading is not zero-sum. It is negative-sum. You pay commissions don't you? You also often pay into a MM's or specialist's spread don't you?