[Platt] I knew "the children" would be thrown into the argument sooner or later.
[Case] And you consider them irrelevant? [Platt] Parents should be held responsible for the welfare of their children. [Case] And if they are not, what then? Tough luck little Janey, better luck in the next cycle of rebirth? [Platt] I've witnessed enough government workers on the job to know they hardly work, thereby cheating taxpayers. [Case] Based on your case studies we should condemn everyone in public service? After all I see lots of people in the private sector sitting on their thumbs. [Platt] If in principle you see no difference between firing squads and traffic control, I wonder about your grasp on reality. [Case] I acknowledge the right of "We the People" to establish rules of social order. It is you who claim this is immoral. [Platt] Instant? You and Arlo love to exaggerate. If someone doesn't get instant medical care it's like being tossed into a gutter. [Case] In another post I gave two specific examples of people I know who had to wait months of needed medical services. I also know people who have had to wait extraordinary amounts of time in ERs. You have claimed that our health care system is primo and that personal observations, of say public employees at work are sufficient grounds for condemning the whole system. I am just trying to follow your lead here. > [Case] > Isn't it about time people saw through this demeaning of public service. > It is an insult to every soldier, policeman, teacher, librarian, nurse, > social worker and all of the excellent people who prefer to serve their > fellow citizens rather than sell themselves in a private sector where > money is the only Value. [Platt] Soldiers, police -- can't say enough about their MOQ moral status. Pirsig specifically mentions their moral role. As for the rest, private sector works for me because of far greater efficiency, otherwise known as "bigger bang for a buck." [Case] And yet you never waste an opportunity to declare the injustice of government's power to exact compliance to the barrel of a gun. These glimpses inside the mind of Platt always leave me with vertigo. 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/
