Re: Elves

Subject: Re: Elves
From: Taneli Tikka (ttikka@icon.fi)
Date: Sat Jul 10 1999 - 00:42:52 EEST

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On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, McDuff wrote:

> >parliament members, ministers, presidents and such.. even big copporate
> >heads like the chairman of nokia mobile phones have status. Think of Bill
> >Clinton having status 7, Bill Gates having atleast 5,
> 
> Hang on, you think that Bill Clinton is more powerful than Bill Gates?  How
> naive of you.  Bill Gates is, quite possibly, the antichrist and he, not
> Clinton (who couldn't even blag his way out of a marital indiscretion
> without starting a war) controls America.

Status is NOT power. Example: a finnish governor has high status but just
about no power at all. He just has a social standing. Same goes for other
status.. how much actual power does englands queen-mother have?, prince
William then maybe? or fergie? =).. they just have status.
 

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