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Capo
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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you guys are crazy, just because some one is rich it doesn't make them evil, usually they have worked very hard to get there and that is their reward. The don't have to share it with anyone, but if they do good for them!
But jelous ones will envy, thats all that i seem to see in this thread.
In addition charity is not something you have to do in secret, by publisising it he is raising awareness of the problem and would encourage other to help, he has also been lobbying governements for action too. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Capo wrote: |
| you guys are crazy, just because some one is rich it doesn't make them evil, usually they have worked very hard to get there and that is their reward. |
It's not an either/or.
You don't get to the top without knocking people out of your way. Fact of life. And doing charity work after the fact does not redeem you for past bad behavior. Which Gates is well known to have done a lot of to get where he is.
Again, charity is not a "get out of jail free" card even though most seem to view it as so. |
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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: I tried to contain myself but I escaped.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| bookreader wrote: |
He was born wealthy and connected in the right place at the right time.
Gates = YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Lot's of people are members of the lucky sperm club but his connections had far less to do with his accomplishmnets than did his genius. He skipped steps in putting together certain things, with the full confidence he could fill in the blanks later, and pulled it off.
He and a handful of others changed the whole world in immeasurable ways.
Now, he and his wife's foundation pours billions of dollars (their own, and contributors) into projects that help humanity world-wide.
Hey, each to his own. But he's not a yawn to me.
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normalcyispasse
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:07 am Post subject: Re: Bill Gates's 11 Rules of Life |
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| mishlert wrote: |
Rule 3: You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone, until you earn both.
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Car phone? Who the hell has a car phone these days? |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:27 am Post subject: |
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It's funny how he can be called lame by someone who has not accomplished even 1% of what he has done.
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| Total fake. Didn't you notice they forgot rule 12: "Release an inferior product and then make people pay for upgrades for the next three years." |
Yup.
And "take Dad's advice and sue everyone who gets in your way."
Gates is mediocre at best. |
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