Reply #1: So was cash, so you wouldn't have to carry live pigs. [View All]

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Making a minor point, that things change. We haven't learned to deal with the reality of credit as a form of money yet. It is. We are horribly misusing it, but it does not have to be evil. As a (former) medieval historian, I've read many accounts of how face-value money corrupted everything and would lead to disaster. It did, occassionally, too. But it is still a useful tool for people who use it properly.

Aside from that, I was just being a smart-ass. i would apologize, but I like being a smart-ass. :)