Word: circusing
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What good is it, Hirsch asks, to continue to produce goods--and by producing them ravage the environment--when the end result is not an increase in happiness. The man at the circus ends up with sore calf muscles. People pollute their environment. Nobody is any better...
Hirsch's argument brings to mind the ultimate paradox of the man who, in a larger crowd at the circus, decides to stand on his tiptoes to get a better view of the show. Soon, everyone is standing on tiptoes too. Nobody is any happier as a result. (In fact, people are probably less comfortable having to stand on their tiptoes...
...months that the case was being decided, the town continued to get gas without paying for it. Last June the court ordered it to pay up. Insisted Lo-Vaca Attorney Joseph Jaworski (son of Leon, of Watergate and now Koreagate fame): "It's time to stop this legal circus. Other customers of Lo-Vaca want to know why they should have to pay full price for gas and Crystal City doesn...
Shoemaker: Circus forger...
...Smudger: Circus photographer...