Thread: Robin Hood was a dirty crook!!! >:{

I really wanted to say something... but all I can say is that I couldn't agree more with everything you said.

"Robin Hood was nothing more than a selfish financially retarded crook."

Originally Posted by Grod

I really wanted to say something... but all I can say is that I couldn't agree more with everything you said.

"Robin Hood was nothing more than a selfish financially retarded crook."

the truth rears its ugly head.

Originally Posted by dragonoverlord

the truth rears its ugly head.

So I should call you truth?

Burn

A lot of that doesn't really make any sense.

"Money isn't important"
to which I'll reply...
"No? I find it's right up there with oxygen, try going without either one and see how well you do."

Suggesting that if you don't have money you die. Just like all the Buddhist monks who have been asphyxiated.

I don't want lots of money, because people simply don't need it. If you have a fortune of greater than, say, £10,000,000, you can't possibly need any more money. You can get the best house you could possibly need, a car which works just as well as any other car, and pay your food and electricity bills with interest, etcetera. If you keep any more money then you're a greedy pig simply hoarding it to show off or simply for the sake of hoarding, and that's just not acceptable really with all the poverty in the world nowadays.

I never want to be rich because I know it's pointless. As long as I have plenty of money to support myself and be happy, which doesn't need to be a lot at all, I won't be wanting any more.

Originally Posted by Xei

A lot of that doesn't really make any sense.Suggesting that if you don't have money you die. Just like all the Buddhist monks who have been asphyxiated.

It makes sense but you're taking it in a literal sense, it's meant to be a humorous jab at those who think money doesn't matter. Money matters a great deal, just ask the divorcees what they think about money seeing as money is the number one cause for divorce in America.

I don't want lots of money, because people simply don't need it.

That's fine that you believe that, but it simply ISN'T the belief I subscribe to. And if you certainly don't need your money I'll be more than happy to take that burden off your hands.

If you have a fortune of greater than, say, £10,000,000, you can't possibly need any more money. You can get the best house you could possibly need, a car which works just as well as any other car, and pay your food and electricity bills with interest, etcetera.

Need is a strong word. Most natural entrepreneurs have an ungodly desire to win...with the figures in their bank account signifying how many "points" they've racked up.

If you keep any more money then you're a greedy pig simply hoarding it to show off or simply for the sake of hoarding, and that's just not acceptable really with all the poverty in the world nowadays.

I agree...to an extent. Hoarding your money doesn't do any good. Re-investing it does plenty. On another note...you'll never have wealth because you think the wealthy are "greedy pigs". I believe in charity, I have even thought about starting my own in the future but winning in the game of life includes the areas of finances as well. So...are you a loser?

I never want to be rich because I know it's pointless. As long as I have plenty of money to support myself and be happy, which doesn't need to be a lot at all, I won't be wanting any more.

I doubt you'll have THAT much anyway. This isn't to be confused as an insult...but just hearing you out let's me know how you view money in relation to your life and the world. So don't worry...you won't have to worry about having oodles on your hands because my guess is the closest you'll ever be to that money is seeing a documentary on Grod's bank account on television.

Well yes, that is quite insulting really, although don't worry, I'm never really insulted by what people say. But I'd just say to you this; I currently have a job at the weekends and I'm all set for reading maths at Cambridge. Such people don't tend to turn out as hobos. I take it that your working life and education is going even better, then? Or perhaps you've just inherited a huge amount of money from a deceased relative via doing nothing at all, that'd go some way to explaining your attitude towards money.

you'll never have wealth because you think the wealthy are "greedy pigs". I believe in charity, I have even thought about starting my own in the future but winning in the game of life includes the areas of finances as well. So...are you a loser?

True, I'll probably never have great wealth, because I don't want it; not because I can't get it. Trust me, if I wanted to be a millionaire, I'd be one, ten years, easy. Luckily I know that the loser will always be the unhappy man with a big pile of green paper, knowledge in which you are sadly severely lacking.

Originally Posted by Xei

I don't want lots of money, because people simply don't need it. If you have a fortune of greater than, say, £10,000,000, you can't possibly need any more money. You can get the best house you could possibly need, a car which works just as well as any other car, and pay your food and electricity bills with interest, etcetera. If you keep any more money then you're a greedy pig simply hoarding it to show off or simply for the sake of hoarding, and that's just not acceptable really with all the poverty in the world nowadays.

Have you heard of the basic economic problem? Limited resources, unlimited wants. I'll tell you what. I'm not giving a dime to the slackers on welfare, who have been raised to think it's okay to not work and just live off the government for your entire life. I owe them nothing. If I work and earn money that someone is willing to pay me, I'm happy. As Jeff said earlier, people are poor because they spend more than they make. They are careless. I'm not going to pay for that. I'll make and spend as much money as I please, and I will live as comfortably as possible. If you disagree, you are free to go to a communist nation where everyone shares the poverty.

Originally Posted by Xei

The amount of times I said that I only wanted a reasonable amount of money to support myself and live a nice life and you've still managed to come out of it thinking I'd eat out of bins. That bears no relevance at all to what I said?

You did say "Money has absolutely no place there." which stood out to me. Reading over the posts here again, I guess I was skimming over some of them, I apologize.

Originally Posted by Xei

Give me an example of a job which I'd find fulfilling and would make me rich.

How should I know? I don't know what kinds of things you find fuffilling, and you did say "Trust me, if I wanted to be a millionaire, I'd be one, ten years, easy.". which makes it sound like you have some sort of plan, even if you're not acting out on it...

And some people find collecting garbage fulfilling. Does that mean I can find a way for them to become rich and "fulfilled"?

Originally Posted by Lord Bennington

I'm not giving a dime to the slackers on welfare,

Do your parents pay taxes? Part of that money goes towards welfare. You can't choose what you would like the taxed money to go towards.