hello all
i specifically edited out the details of the loophole for a reason. i thought of a way to replace that content with "spirit". i do not want the loophole exploited. simply, i was trying to raise a debate on legality/ethics/morality of exploiting loopholes that:
a) could be on shakey legal grounds
b) if legal, were they moral and/or ethical?
the actual loophole isn't important. it's the issues i'm interested in. i think
artboy had an interesting response. the original loophole took advantage of a retailer and by doing so, enabled the gain of many FF points for very little money. but, based on what artboy says, can we apply his thinking to businesses. simply replace FF with businesses and what happens?
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">So the more significant question is whether we have any ethical or moral obligation to THE FF PROGRAMS at all? Or is it simply a matter of enlightened self-interest that we should avoid tampering with the value of the programs</font>
by tampering with businesses who are in partnerships with FF programs, are the businesses not extensions of the FF programs? (a real question - i'm not sure of the answer.)
i'd love to hear someone's response to
artboy .
as an aside, i will not be emailing out the loophole i found. i deleted that specific information out to prevent exploitation of the loophole.
cblaisd, i'd love to hear more of a response to what artboy said. regardless of the original proposal, i'd love to hear what you think about specific ethical or moral obligations we might have to FF programs (if any)!
2:21 is my bedtime. goodnight all
regards
firefly