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

To: one_less who wrote (60110)	9/27/2002 5:25:29 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

To deny an accounting to another human being who has been left wanting as a result of social action, causes a ping of conscience for the actor. It is an obligation as well as a choice. Choice, I agree. I may make that choice. Or I may choose not to -- that's the essence of choice. Obligation, no. Perhaps the reason is something I wish to keep private. Perhaps I had to stop off on the way to beg on the street to get enough money to pay for the lunch I invited you to and don't want you to know that I am broke. Is it your right to know all that? Is it my obligation to tell you all that? Or perhaps I just learned that I had AIDS and broke down in the doctors office and needed time to recover, but you aren't a person I'm willing to share my diagnosis with. Am I still obligated to explain?