George wrote:
> On Jul 1, 7:35 pm, Mark & Steven Bornfeld
> <bornfeldm...@dentaltwins.com> wrote:
>
>> Do I have to stand up as the only lefty in this group?
>
> I'm afraid so Steve! Although I was there once so I know ehere you're
> coming from.
> Many of the problems plaguing the modern world can be pinpointed down
> to a lak of personal responsibility and self-aid. If we continue to
> believe that our health is someone else's responsibility (be it an
> insurance or the government), these problems will never be solved.
>
> Regards,
> George
How about education? Sanitation? Mail delivery? Licensing of
professions? Are you about to go Lyndon Larouche on us? (Probably the
best-known libertarian in the states).
I'm all for responsibility. But I'm not an absolutist about it. Ever
read Ibsen's "Ghosts"? "The father's sins are visited on the children".
Sure. If my father didn't raise me right, should I be held to the
same standard as the rich punk who went to the best schools? Is money
and opportunity the only legitimate determinant of success in life? Or
is there a public interest in seeing that people get the tools to
succeed (notice I say tools--not success itself).
I don't have all the answers. But the attitude in the states that
"I've got mine, you get yours" has its limits. I don't get the sense
that most of western Europe feels the same way about the responsibility
of the individual vs. the responsibility we have to the wider society.
Steve
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