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Title: A noble and generous offer ........ Post by sprintcyclist on Apr 30th, 2009 at 8:14am My condolances to the Pratt family. This is one of the more touching honest realistic actions I have seen for a long time. Quote:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25407575-953,00.html |
Title: Re: A noble and generous offer ........ Post by mantra on Apr 30th, 2009 at 11:50am
Yes how very noble of these billionaires to so graciously allow their Dad's floozy and her bastard child into the house for an hour.
The more I read about Pratt - the more obvious it is that he is a prat and a greedy, capitalist one at that. His dying words were that his businesses keep pushing forward and become even more prosperous. Has the pig ever thought of all those smaller businesses he's trampled on and whose livelihoods have been lost with the help of our past and present governments and that farce of an organisation called the ACCC? Why does a person need to be a billionaire? Could it have anything to do with his religion? |
Title: Re: A noble and generous offer ........ Post by oceanb on Apr 30th, 2009 at 10:23pm Quote:
Its sad for Richard Pratts daughter not to have seen her dad at this meeting ... Was it generous of Pratts wife to allow Ms Hitchcock to see him for one whole hour, depends on a lot of things I guess . What is saddest is that this child never got the chance to know her dad and lost him before she ever got the chance.. Her parents obviously loved each other. |
Title: Re: A noble and generous offer ........ Post by Coral Sea on Jun 17th, 2009 at 7:12am mantra wrote on Apr 30th, 2009 at 11:50am:
As a businessman myself I can say that we think of the competitors we crush constantly. In fact, many of us are motivated very strongly by a desire to destroy the competition. It's no different than sports, and I get a high from news that a competitor has gone into bankruptcy. Instead of wringing your hands over this and seeking to defend the weak you should celebrate us for crushing inefficient and outmoded forms of organization so that society continues to evolve. Life was meant for the strong, and the weak must be crushed or we will all surely die. mantra wrote on Apr 30th, 2009 at 11:50am:
Why does a poet need to write poetry? A billionaire might need his billions more than a poor man needs bread. Don't presume to know what a man needs based on your own particular circumstances. |
Title: Re: A noble and generous offer ........ Post by Mercedes With Square Wheels on Jun 17th, 2009 at 7:16am |
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