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To: epicure who wrote (49527)	6/7/2002 6:35:53 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

If they want to eschew medical attention, or be poor, or not know anything about the world, I suppose that is their business. Generally, though, people want to better themselves. Poverty, disease, drudgery, and so forth are not that attractive. I rely on that. And, if they want to be taken care of, without participating in their own uplifting, I would say: "No, we are not running human game preserves".......

To: epicure who wrote (49527)	6/7/2002 7:21:04 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

Apparently not. Apparently Neo thinks he has a better handle on what would make them happy than they do. For children, that's a parents' role. For adults, well, let's just say Neo and I differ on that. Substantially.

To: epicure who wrote (49527)	6/7/2002 7:24:58 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

No. It is not necessarily better founded. I know, for example, that it is better for my son to wear a coat in cold weather, regardless of what he likes, and when he doesn't listen to me, he almost always catches a cold. If you are asking should I lash them into submission, of course not. I am advocating persuasion and incentives, for the most part. But there is no reason to have uninformed preferences trump one's attempt to make a course of action attractive.