and here i thought we pledged allegiance to the republic, and not a
democracy.
regards,
charlie
phx, az
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Narbys [mailto:narby@centurytel.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 11:29 AM
> To: autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Higher entry fees/Participation/Elitism
>
>
>
>
> TeamZ3@aol.com (hope he has a sense of humor) wrote (maybe
> after reading
> only one line of my post):
>
> > narby@centurytel.net writes:
> >
> > << Raising entry fees to reduce participation is elitism,
> and with no
> > foundation. >>
> >
> > Really?
> >
> > Gee, I thought it was called CAPTALISM and was the very
> foundation of
> > American society and democracy.
>
> Wierd - when I read the Declaration of Independence and the
> Constitution
> I didn't see anything in there about pricing people out of a sport...
>
> This is (supposedly) a not for profit club. Capitalism
> shouldn't apply.
>
> Ever heard of a poll tax? That was a way of keeping poor people
> (especially poor black people) from voting in the great American
> Democracy. It was this thing where they made people pay to do
> something
> (ostensibly to do something they had an "inalienable" right to do), so
> only rich people could do it.
>
> > Wow, you learn something new everyday. :-)
>
> Maybe two things some days. ;-) And every day is two words....so maybe
> three.
>
> My point was that the amount of money a person can spend is
> irrelevant to
> their value to the club.
>
> > M Sipe
>
> Doug (I told you I was an educator) Narby
>
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