Re: [Harp-L] "Fattening Frogs For Snakes"...whats that all about?!?!?

["shrimpdaddy@xxxxxxxxx"@cogeco.ca]

> I'm probably completly off by i always thought it was about him teaching the upcomming harp players and having the
music industry use them and treat them like sh...t pardon the expression.  That's just the way i saw it in my head
because he inspired and taught so many.
> Taiawagi,
> My very thoughts, about his relationship with a woman, that is. Yet I'm
> hearing much about the craftyness of the music industry back then,
> especially against the blacks moreso maybe, not sure.
>
> But yes, I know too well the feeling of, can I say, fattening a fish with my
> bait only to have the guy next to me reel it in, or to have the biggest fish
> of the day on my line only to see it near the surface, blow me a kiss and
> flick its fish butt at me as my line breaks!!
>
> Thanks,
> Nate
>
>
> On 2/23/06, Taiawagi Helton <taiawagi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > He is pledging metaphorically, I think, to no longer
> > pay for the "care and maintenance" of a woman who
> > rewards others with her favors.  Consistent with the
> > economic view that each individual is a "rational
> > maximizer", allocating one's resources so as to
> > maximize one's own satisfaction, he will no longer pay
> > the costs for and invest in an endeavor, the benefits
> > of which are captured by one other than himself.
> > After all, what's the point of working to feed and
> > fatten frogs for dinner, only to see them eaten by
> > snakes?
> >
> > Taiawagi
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