[metesky]

Well first of all, you're the one who brought up monopoly (if I were the only chair manufacturer), which was foolish in the extreme considering how many petroleum production companies there are.

Now secondly, you seem to think that you're the arbiter of what are or are not obscene profits. Please define "obscene" profits. More than you make? More than you think anyone should make?

[Boiling point]

As many a fellow freeper has pointed out to me, gouging is not what is happening, as I was under the impression. In my opinion, yes, I am allowed to have one, A profit is obscene if it destroys the once vibrant economy of an entire nation.