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Jan. 21st, 2008 02:22 pmCeilidh on Saturday!
Jan. 21st, 2008
Credit isn't real money
Jan. 21st, 2008 02:40 pmAgain, life questions from Drop the Dead Donkey. I maybe view credit differently to many people, being fortunate to normally have enough money, and being weaned on traditional views of fiscal responsibility, and think of a credit card as the least inefficient way of acquiring certain legal protections for quirks of historical reasons.
Using DTDD as an example. At one point Sally's purse goes missing with a large amount of money in. She suspects Dave, which he and everyone is extremely shocked by. At another, in revenge on Damien for something, George lets his daughter smash his car. Which is seen as harsh or vicious, but not unscrupulous or evil.
However, when Damien leaves and Dave spends a similar amount of money from his credit cards at Ladbrooks [gambling], everyone sees this more like the second than the first. I've seen it elsewhere too, that charging something to someone's credit card is seen as a bit cheeky (both whether or not you might expect them to mind buying it), when taking money from them to buy it is seen as wrong.
Why is that? (Is the implication that they might be able to recover the money with hassle? And it end up being stealing from a big bank, which isn't seen as so bad? But surely that involves reporting it as theft, which would get the friend arrested, wouldn't it?)
Using DTDD as an example. At one point Sally's purse goes missing with a large amount of money in. She suspects Dave, which he and everyone is extremely shocked by. At another, in revenge on Damien for something, George lets his daughter smash his car. Which is seen as harsh or vicious, but not unscrupulous or evil.
However, when Damien leaves and Dave spends a similar amount of money from his credit cards at Ladbrooks [gambling], everyone sees this more like the second than the first. I've seen it elsewhere too, that charging something to someone's credit card is seen as a bit cheeky (both whether or not you might expect them to mind buying it), when taking money from them to buy it is seen as wrong.
Why is that? (Is the implication that they might be able to recover the money with hassle? And it end up being stealing from a big bank, which isn't seen as so bad? But surely that involves reporting it as theft, which would get the friend arrested, wouldn't it?)