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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (78190)10/22/2003 4:52:23 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) of 82486
 
I see you're getting no more response than I did.

It is, indeed, a serious question. It is a question which every society has faced -- how to allocate its resources -- but we have made the process considerably more complex by making options (such as keeping brain dead people "alive" on life support for decades at enormous cost) which didn't exist for earlier civilizations.

I'm not surprised that Jewel wants to duck the question. It's a very hard question, and it is impossible to answer if your personal philosophy is dogmatic and not open to compromise or balancing of interests.

But the question doesn't go away for being ignored. Either we face it and make a conscious decision about it, or we basically go with the "squeakiest wheel" response, which is what we seem to be doing in this case.
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