Hi Peter, I know where Platt got his case from, and the knee-jerk generalised journalistic content of it ... I unpicked it a little (into smaller steps / issues) so we could address the actual questions - which you also ignored ;-) - rather than the sweeping partisan rhetoric.
Anyway, unlike Platt, you get the point. Thanks. That's "entwicklung" right ? Ian On 1/4/08, Peter Corteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ian, > > On 04/01/2008, ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Er excuse me Peter, who mentioned "drunkard" .... please read the > > thread before falling for Platt's filthy rhetoric. > > > England's Daily Mail supplied Platt's original scenario. > > My goodwill ? ... goes a long way Peter ... but has limits based on > > existing practical responsibilities (to a nuclear and extended family > > basically) ... but those evolve over time. I was trying to illustrate > > that these things have practical limits - I'm no different. > > > I agree, as an intellectual being I have to recognise that responsibility > for myself comes first, followed by family, friends, neighbours, local > community, the human race, other mammals, all of life and Gaia. Particular > situations can alter the order. > > Anyone who says either "all care should be free (and I'm prepared to > > fund it with my and my society's money and time)" or "I wouldn't lift > > a finger to help anyone in need" is an idiot. > > > Probably true. > > I provided a set of > > questions - simple, specific, practical (no philsophising required, > > unless asked to justify afterwards) - with varying degrees of input > > from the helper side, depending on the needy person's actual > > circumstance. Platt ignored them all as usual. > > > > BTW Simply "quitting the day job" to help ... is rarely the best > > option if you weigh it up. Without "earning" your own resources, you > > have little help to give, except handwringing and cold-comfort. > > Everyone needs to decide what their best contribution is. (I could > > send you a personal offline note on my own "career" plans .... if you > > are genuienly interested .... they're not "secret" but it's not > > appropriate for public debate.) > > > Ian, it's very unlikely that we'll ever meet except by email so your > personal career plans, interesting though they sound, are none of my > business. Even Entwinkling has social value. > > -Peter > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
