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Subject: Re: On the multiple definitions of "free"
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In article <1992Feb8.032028.20126@raven.alaska.edu> floyd@hayes.ims.alaska.edu (Floyd Davidson) writes:

|   In article <PREECE.92Feb7123619@neptune.urbana.mcd.mot.com> preece@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Scott E. Preece) writes:
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|   >No, it's more like this:  Someone gives you a free pickup truck on
|   >the condition that when you're done with it you give it away, and
|   >that if you ever install a camper in the bed, you have to give
|   >that away, too.
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|   So?
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|   Would you accept a truck on conditions you don't agree to?
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Of course not.  On the other hand, I am free to think better or worse of
the offerer depending on the conditions attached.  A gift which turns
out to actually be an obligation may not reflect well on the "donor."

I happen to believe that "This is my gift to society." is a nobler
statement than "This is my gift to people who believe as I do."

scott
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