<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/27/2006 12:37:54 PM Central Standard Time, dporritt@mail.smu.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>At some level I know that some of what Ed says is right, but I don't<BR>believe<BR>> it is an absolute.  Especially in  this scenario(Katrina, people<BR>moving<BR>> around, etc), and in some others as well, to push the market to<BR>whatever it<BR>> can possibly bear pushes past the truth of knowing you are worth what<BR>you<BR>> are charging to outright arrogance and profiteering and immorality.<BR>It<BR>> can't ever be right to kick someone when they are down just because<BR>you can!<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Don't forget that many states, especially the ones that are prone to hurricanes, have laws on the books that prevent merchants and service technicians to take advantage of people in times of an emergency. Although the hurricane is long gone, the effects are still definitely there. If Lance was found to be charging more than what he was charging before Katrina, he could be prosecuted. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>