Re: CHAT: Hymn to Ikea (was: Re: Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.
From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
Date: | Friday, February 27, 2004, 9:37 |
From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 04:48:49PM +1100, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> > That, I think, is reason enough to hate IKEA (as well as the whole
> > multinational/capitalist thing), but much of what you said isn't IKEA
> > evilness, but specific to your one(s).
>
> Egad. An anti-capitalist, in this day and age? I thought y'all had
> all died off. :)
Are you joking? :) I run into them all the time here. (But then,
academia is not at all like the rest of America.)
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