19 Mar
2006
19 Mar
'06
1:46 a.m.
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 15:42 +0000, tim hall wrote:
Bardic rules of hospitality insist upon receiving
food, drink and
shelter in return for performance. Gift economies strengthen
communities, commercial transactions are satisfied purely by money and
so full price is charged.
"In return for"... doesn't sound like a
gift economy to me.
AML,
Sunnan