[Gllug] Bill Gates To Leave Microsoft

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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, t. clarke mused:
> I am always amazed by the way people that made loads of money for themselves
> get knighthoods and CBEs, whereas people who work selflessly for others
> invariably get lesser honours.
> Fundamentally, IMHO,  our honours system sucks.

Well, its *function* is to provide something valueless for rich people
to `get in return' when they give money to political parties (once, to
the King). What's more, because they can only get a given honour once,
eventually a given rich person should stop giving them money, minimising
the chance that the political party will become a tool of any given rich
person.

It worked quite well until people started to consider that paying for
honours was a crime (in the early years of this century).

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`Voting for any American political party is fundamentally
 incomprehensible.' --- Vadik
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