Re: OT - Basic human rights (was: "lie" vs "error")

From: Lueko Willms (l.willms_at_jpberlin.de)
Date: 03/25/05 

Date: 25 Mar 2005 09:14:00 GMT

. On 24.03.05
  wrote lxi0007@netscape.net (LX-i)
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  about Re: OT - "lie" vs "error"

l> Does someone without "health care" mean that the government should get
l> involved? I'm of the belief that *most* folks without "health care"
l> are without it due to the choices they have made in their life - and,
l> conversely, those who "have it" are also there due to the choices they
l> have made in their lives.

   Like chosing to be born into a poor family, you mean?

   Well, health care is the responsibility of the society as a whole
for all its members. Call it the right to life and freedom from
injury.

   Health care, as food, clothing, housing, education, access to
culture and sports are basic human rights.

   Without it, a human being cannot exist or not develop itself to the
full extent of their abilities.

   A society which can't guarantee such basic humand rights needs to
be changed quite urgently.

   Have a look at the small island country just south of the USA as a
counter example.

l> Rewarding irresponsible behavior with free
l> money (or health care, or whatever) only encourages irresponsibility.

   Makes me think of Enron, Worldcom and the like, also all the wars
fought by the USA in the past decades.

Lüko Willms http://www.willms-edv.de
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