> 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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