Arrogant stupidity

Post #250,616 by drewk 4/2/06 10:59:15 AM Reply	Arrogant stupidity Would you say, "no, fellas, really\ufffdI wouldn't dream of asking you to shell out ten dollars per capita to spare my miserable life. Truly, I appreciate it, but c'mon, ten dollars! I'm not worth it, et cetera, et cetera"...? If we've got $10M to spend on saving one life, let's spend it instead on saving several thousand lives. And keep in mind that the one life spared through not getting this cancer, may be a matter of some number of years at the end of life, vs. children dead of malnutrition. (Oh lord, he use "the children" argument!) So yes, I am saying that the possibility of five more years of your life isn't worth ten of my dollars. I am so fucking tired of the "if it saves one life" argument. </cranky> === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #250,617 by broomberg 4/2/06 11:53:02 AM Reply	Screw you back I work at this location: [link\|http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/warminster/naw_p1.html\|http://www.atsdr.cdc...nster/naw_p1.html] Did I have any idea of the issue until this hit the news? No. tick tick tick tick tick
Post #250,711 by drewk 4/3/06 12:48:31 AM Reply	Bah, completely different If you live/work right on top of the nasty, then yeah, you'll want someone to clean it up. But if we're talking dollars and sense, it'd probably be cheaper to just relocate you away from it until the cleanup is done. And I realized I was wrong in my previous post. It's not arrogance or stupidity. It's a juvenile, knee-jerk reaction against The Man. Any time we're talking about an environmental cleanup, we're talking about government or big business -- usually both. So as soon as someone involved starts saying it doesn't make sense to spend $X-million in this specific way, all the leftover hippies get up in arms about putting a price on people's heads. Only people who don't pay the bills talk like that. Which pretty much narrows it down to children, politicians and hippies. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

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