[1223] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: Not A Humble Opinion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phife)
Thu Mar 14 17:37:38 2002
Message-ID: <200203142233.RAA27600@babayaga.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 17:33:52 -0500
From: Phife <aca3@MIT.EDU>
To: MIT-Talk@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Mar 2002 16:49:43 EST."
<4.3.2.7.2.20020314163440.01ec89f8@hesiod>
Eyo, Joshua Ouellette broke it down like this:
>3) Here's the problem with buying votes, however. Arguable, more free food
>is bribing too, BUT people come together to get the food. People get out
>of their rooms and talk to people while they wait in line. Even if you're
>just there for the food, at least you're there, and that's worth
>something. The $10 in my pocket isn't going to do a damn thing to build
>community. Even if it is legal, it isn't the same thing.
Nothing builds community like a mob of sleep-deprived undergrads
shoving each other and elbowing their classmates in the spleen to get
their share of free pizza topped with extra expired cheese.
If you use your $10 to buy me some steak subs I'll talk to you while I
eat them.
Tpd
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