It seems to me pointless arguing the pros and cons, and no I don't accept that everyone who works for a major record company is evil. Not one bit. I don't believe in people actually being evil at all come to that, perhaps misguided is a better word. my own mail was a bit confusing as well, but i would like to make one more small point: while the individuals working in giant corporate entities may very well be misguided rather than evil, i feel safe in saying that virtually all corporations are evil entities. once a company gets fairly sizeable, it begins to act pretty darned darth vaderish, aggressively destroying smaller companies, using their vast amounts of money to invest in similar darth vaderish companies, shipping out work to countries where you are allowed to pay employees absurdly low wages and often literally work them to death... it's a scary world we live in, and their most certainly is a point in talking about such

things... i use the term "the man" to make fun of my self just a little bit, but i really do, at the same time believe everything i say... buying your b&s album at a giant chain may seem fairly innocuous and it IS to a certain degree, but on the other hand, living your life in such a way that you are constantly giving your cash to DARTH VADER is a genuinely bad thing to do. i'm not calling any individuals evil (tho, i've met my share of folks who, whether evil or not, are certainly causing many others great pain on a regular basis), but these vast corporate entities act as EVIL INDIVIDUALS with no morality whatsoever. For some reason, in the 90's you are allowed to excuse immoral behavior, by calling it "good business". what happened to ideals, anyhow? i'm not so naive that i think my ideals will ever be fully realized, but ideals are things to be strived for, not necessarily to be reached... sorry, i know you weren't responding to me specifically, but i certainly do feel like i am part of a significant us vs. them battle, and i have seen corporations make my individual world significantly less enjoyable on a regular basis... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+