Follow the money.

Belief, and belief in the correct thing, is important to salvation of the soul in Christianity

Sola gratia - the belief that belief is not important to salvation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sola_gratia

Nice guy. except boomer.

Intergenerational bigotry is part of the culture war. Be careful what you listen to, friend.

Dave will have a manager that knows this stuff. Do you think Dave does all the administration that is required to set up a concert? The guy probably has a team of people. There is no way that they didn't know. Amazon has a public reputation.

Photo: Robert W. Madden

Oh, he be Madden alright.

it would also cost a fortune.

That's the point. Follow the money.

What is it with Ricks?

If that were the case the dozens of phone calls a day would tell me I’m way too loud.

Maybe they're being polite by not mentioning it, or don't care. Also it's not about being too loud, it's about distortion.

God: "Hey! I said "and it was good", I didn't say "and it was perfect" "

The cost to construct a new rail connection is significantly higher than the cost to construct a new road connection.

Correct. Now compare the cost of maintenance, and then compare the cost of actually moving the items.

Let's see which comes out on top when we compare all costs, not just the cost of building.

That's a philosophy that sounds nice on the surface. It's too bad that in order to know whether your actions (or inactions) will end up hurting any people you have to be omniscient.

Butterfly effect and all that.

And if you're doing a dangerous job that requires risk taking you may have to take risks by hurting people (e.g. surgeon doing open heart surgery / novel surgery).

Follow the money