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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: Right to Children Re: Ethics, death, and cost.
> In a message dated 7/22/01 9:57:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> My only complaint about this is the notions that governments "allow"
these
> things to happen as if the governments could prevent them from happening.
I
> used to be a liberal about such things but now I have become convinced
that
> the government cannot prevent this sort of thing because it cannot control
> the forces that create these horrors. It is just hubris to think that any
> government can do this.
>
Its true that governments cannot prevent it, but we as private citizens and
by influencing our various governments can do things to nudge things in the
right direction. I think we are honor bound to help as we can. While I
agree it is hubris to think we can control those forces, I also think it is
cowardly to not do anything at all to stand up to them.
Dan M.
