At 07:13 AM 4/25/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: >> We could choose to be in a position to stop all kinds of mass death. >> How much of it do we choose to be responsible for? How much are we >> willing to give up in order to maximize life? > >And speaking of codependency... as we focus increasingly on other nations' >problems, more and more people in our homeland are living in poverty, social >programs are being cut all over the place. I'm not arguing for isolationism; >we are part of an international family of nations. But when we focus so much >on being "global do-gooders" that we no longer can take care of our own, we >crossed over into a sort of international codependency, haven't we?
A series of questions: Do you believe that "the poor will always be with us"? Do you believe that ending poverty is simply a matter of spending enough money? If yes, do you believe that our society currently has enough money to spend in order to do so? JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
