Quoting SR Ballard by way of Bill Wallace: > But people are too selfish to act in their own best interests. Ballard > > Can something be an oxymoron and still true? bill w Yes. When an oxymoron is true, it is called a paradox. There are only several dozen paradoxes known. Henceforth, this particular paradox should be called Ballard's Paradox. :-) Stuart LaForge