21 Mar
2006
21 Mar
'06
6:27 a.m.
Sunnan wrote:
On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 15:42 +0000, tim hall wrote:
Guilty as charged, it's a trading exchange.
cheers,
tim hall
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.