Re: BPL draws more media attention ...

Jim Lux wrote:
Ed Cregger wrote:
John Smith wrote:

John Smith I wrote:

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/cip/?p=170

Regards,
JS


http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-19-2007/0004666248&EDATE=


JS



Why is anyone worrying about the BPL thing? It is pointless to worry about things that you cannot change, even when detrimental to you. Worry is non productive.

There is simply no way in hell that the needs of .5 million folks will supersede the needs of 300 million folks. Sorry, but it just isn't going to happen.

Actually, preventing the "tyranny of the majority" is why a lot of laws (and for that matter consitutional provisions) exist. Otherwise you could, to take an extreme example, advocate the speedy euthanasia of all people over the age of 80 (or choose your preferred small minority), on the basis that their health care consumes resources that could better be devoted to improving the life of those that are younger.


I'm a pessimist, as you have probably concluded.

Democracy (yeah, I know, a democratic republic) exists only in fairy tales. When it comes to money, this country's government runs roughshod over the American people's needs every time. NAFTA, GATT and a few other treaties prove this premise to be true. My point is hinged upon the supposition that if there is money to be made in BPL, it will be implemented whether it is good for us or not. Worrying about things that we cannot change is pointless. This comes from a habitual worrier that is trying to get a grip on it. <G>

Ed, NM2K
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