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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (44806)	2/26/2002 12:10:39 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"I think the going term is "tough love." Do the same principles apply to society as a whole? That's my question." I would say no in your examples because it endorses selectivity. Individual rights are lost and thus it becomes a means to an end. The scenario changes when you select individuals to die now so that the individuals of the future will be "better off." Tough love is individual and personal. The risks and the betterment is focused on the individuals involved. There is a shape up or get out premise wherein the resources are available for shaping up. The choice is on the person who needs to better himself/herself. When you leave the individuals without resources and choice in the matter you can't call it tough love. It becomes selective for a chosen group. On the other hand on a societal level, I think it perfectly ok for the group with the resources to tell a recipient group to shape up if they expect support...(ex: Bush and the Axis powers).