It's not ridiculous. It is exactly the same principle.
Why are there multi-$$$$$ chocolate companies when their money could be put to feeding and nursing sick children?
Of course, I see this has already been hypothsized in the thread. Don't mean to beat the uh, dead horse. http://home.att.net/~splatt13/deadhorse.gif
"It is exactly the same principle."
Wrongly applied. Logic is like a hammer: you can use it to drive a nail, or to smash your thumb.
