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It has been a while so you may not have seen some of my posts vis a vis Coupon connection and the delusion that goes by the recently coined term 'gifting.' It would seem to some that semantics can change barter into gift. Not only is it not true (there is no change in reality due to change in wording) but it's often an attempt at profit under the guise of generosity, which I find particularly apalling (by way of overstating the value of what you offer while understating the value of what you seek).

The same sort of moral/ethical gymnastics is used by some to argue that program gouging is a fair practice. For some, no gymnastics, just a 'tear off as much as you can' approach with no regard for broader consequence or consideration of what is fair to the business that is, after all, offering something rather generous. No consideration of intent. No objective analysis, free from consideration of self interest as to what is fair.

While that is a 'legitimate' point of view I think it is destructive, selfish (short term), and ultimately damaging to all (long term).

I still find amazing, while recognizing it is rather widely held, the view that any possible way to extract points from a program is 'good.'

Apparently, after all the legal (semantic? self interested?) arguments were done, Earl Warren put a decision on a case to one last test...

"but is it fair?"