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NuttyFluffers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 03:41 AM
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13. to simplify, i'd use the word "Gluttony" and "Greed"
spendthrifts and misers occupied the same circle in Dante's Inferno, for they were in many ways one and the same. needless consumption and needless hoarding are not good attributes in a society. probably referring to getting off "the grid" by cutting back on excess purchases and a switch to self-sufficiency (or even local sufficiency). also by uncluttering your life by "spreading the wealth" of no longer needed or appreciated extra things that could be donated to charity. these things combat gluttony and greed. they also strangle the economy in some way. though might i encourage you to support local small stores instead if you have the opportunity?

after this there really should not be any confusion about what you are trying to say. unless someone doesn't understand the words gluttony and greed...
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