On 19 Jul 2001, at 15:10, 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
Right...you gave an example of a country which is trying to be
more like the west, I agree.
I meant certain OTHER countries.
And how else would you describe dog-eat-dog capitalism? "People
are expendable, money isn't", to quote one economist I know, and
he was being serious.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
