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Old 04-08-2004, 07:38 PM
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Evie
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Originally posted by Silversun:
<STRONG>Um, I think you're confusing "deserve" with "need". Even though she obviously doesn't need the money, she deserves it just as much as anybody else. To 'deserve' something is to have done something good so that people think you're worthy of getting something back; and I don't see how Person A pulling a lever on a machine is any more deserving of money than Person B who pulled the same lever on the same machine.</STRONG>
No no. I see it as whether or not one is worthy of the prize. She's not.

She doesn't need it and she doesn't deserve it. Simple. There's really no need to justify it.
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