At 12:16 PM 7/19/01, Andy wrote:
>On 18 Jul 2001, at 22:39, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> > > > The problem is: I suspect whenever health care policies
> > > > exist. Either if they are controlled by evil baby
> > > > eating capitalists and their hordes of lawyers, or by
> > > > bureaucratic g*vernments that think that one million
> > > > deaths is just statistics.
> > >
> > >Inherent problem in the "Western" worldview... (and not one I
> > >entirely share). "People are expendable". Bleh.
> >
> >
> > As opposed to the Eastern (e.g., Chinese) emphasis on the importance
> > of the individual?
>
>Who said anything about China?
I did. You said that the "Western" worldview is that "people are
expendable." Not only do I disagree with your opinion, but I gave an
example of a society where individual rights truly are unimportant.
-- Ronn! :)
