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Re: From Harry Browne
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:52:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John DiRienzo writes:
> "John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message
> news:3A109829.C775CFF0@uswest.net...
> >
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> > Christopher Weeks wrote:
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> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > >
> > > > If, as a
> > > > responsible adult, one chooses to use drugs, who then is to blame?
> > >
> > > No one. If they are responsible adults, there is no blame to assign. • They are
> > > using whatever drugs as they wish.
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> > I was hoping for the "no one to blame but themselves" response. "no one" • makes it
> > sound like it isn't the individual's responsibility.
> >
> > -John
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> The problem, John, is assigning blame. Do you blame yourself for eating
> dinner? Do you blame yourself (or your parents) for the job you have? It's
> not a matter of blame, it's a matter of choice. In the USA, our choices in
> this matter are severely and unjustly (for the fans of justice among us)
> limited.
... and what if one does not have the ability to make that choice? What then
John? Just leave them to rot?
> Making choices is a big part of being a responsible adult. Scott
> Arthur enjoys not having that responsibilty to contend with.
I have choice. I choose to not want guns in my society for example. Every
single day of the my life I could choose to be a communist - in the UK I had
choice, in the US you had witch hunts. In the UK we had free eduaction for
all, in the US you had segragated schools. In parts of the US, you choose
not to teech your kids the accpted theory of evolution. You choose not to
give them the choice to decide.
Scott A
> I wonder what
> other of his own responsibilities he'd be willing to give to someone else?
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| "John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3A109829.C775CF...est.net... (...) They are (...) makes it (...) The problem, John, is assigning blame. Do you blame yourself for eating dinner? Do you blame yourself (or your parents) for the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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