I am going to go out on a limb here because I like both of you guys and read what you post. I do not always agree with everything. Sometimes I will post a different opinion, sometimes I will agree and sometimes I say nothing at all.
SO let's clear something up. Monoploies. I suspect Beldin being the CPA type might know better than most, but many companies actually have products or services that are UNIQUE to them and only they have them for sale.
They CAN be said to have a monopoly on something..
Companies that market products or services that are not covered under existing patents and attempt to shut down competition through various means including antgonistic business practices , coersion, intimidation, but not limited to these, are engaging in momnoploistic practices
that are addressed under laws and found to be illegal most times.
So we are PARSING words, or WORD SMITHING.
The POINT of the post Nemo had made was that large companies have been given an unfair advantage of competing small business owners who did not get the same "exemption" to stay oopen. Exemptions seemed to favor the large retail coroprations and that is undistubale.
THAT was the point of the article Nemo referenced, not the definition of the word "Monopoly".
While De is correct n his correction, (which was unnecesary) in circles of CHURCHES and TEACHING that is called "LEGALISM" and nobody likes it in Church , Sunday School, because it majors on something minor and creates division. Legalism is something that most doctrinally sound Churches try to not allow to creep in via "teachers" or preachers"... WHY? Beause it creates division instead of UNITY...
Legalism is not just a Church only thing.
I myself have been guilty of being "legalistic" in some things at Church and realized it afterward. I asked forgiveness from my Classes and had a great peace that comes from people who were forgiving and let it go...
In my mind, I was razor focused on a minor detail that was factual but made that small point a MAJOR and unyielding point. COnsequently, people who did not were offended and in the scheme of life, it made no difference but only created division and strife.
I guess as I grow older and a little more mellow, I have discovered that being "right" isn't always that important. Being more gracious is difficult to learn to apply all the time, but it a path that makes less confrontation and fewer "rubbed wrong" problems...
Decomp, while you were correct regarding when a monopolistic practice by a company is illegal, what did you gain other than make Nemo feel small because he did not include that part of "monopoly" in his sentence?
You were right of course, but all you did was piss someone off when in fact, it was unnecessary and changed nothing to the point being made.
SMALL BUSINESS owners all over this nation have been KILLED and decimated, their lives destroyed, and any employees they had put in same boat compared to the large public corporations who were obviously preferred and favored by the POLITICAL Class including TRUMP who allowed some very bad actors to influence him.
THAT this has been allowed to happen and is ongoing is a complete trampling of our Constitutional rights whether or not wew ant to admit it.
SO, I say this NOT to anger you, but point out the damage that WORDS can do, especially when we focus on a minor word defintion that did not change the over all meaning of what the post was saying.
You have a KEEN intellect and are educated. You have done well and succeeded and it shows in your offspring as well. Many people would agree.
So your posts are usually excellent and worthy of study and reading.. I read the vast majority of them.
I am poor at typing so I do not respond a lot.
Nemo, I understand your frustration and anger. HAs anyone else in your lifetime pissed you off??? Angered you because you felt they did not listen to what you were saying? I have.. My wofe mostly. But some employees along the decades as well. And some know it all people at Churches who were full of themselves.
Take some time to cool off. De wil realize the mistake. I am sure of that. He will see it and will feel bad for it.
Let's all decide to not be "experts" on everything and allow some grace and lattitude and try to understand the overall meaning of what someone is trying to express. SOmetimes understanding what a person is saying is all that matters. It is the cause of many lines of battle between husbands and wives if you have been married for any length of time... We react TOO quickly....
I know I do.. Why ? Because nobody can hurt your feelings faster than your spouse... That is true.
Just my input and weorth what everyone paid for it.. I do hope though that we might find a little more understanding of each others thought and viewpoints because they are all going to vary to various degrees and it is not a matter of someone being right or wrong...
At the end of life, we will discover we were mostly wrong anyway....
The GREAT APostle Paul said: I know that in me dwells NO GOOD THING. He knew hinself and recognized it.
I beleive we can too.
My best to every single person who posts on this board. I thank YOU ALL for the enjoyment I receive by reading your posts and thoughts. Every one of them. Hydro, CTJ, Nacl01, DGP, and EVERYONE. Those guys rarely post but when tey do, I read them and enjoy them. Of course, KATHY. She is one funny person. A very enjoyable person to read...
My best to all,
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