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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (20502)	6/17/2005 4:38:12 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

R. D., I believe the "value of a life," has been redefined in some circles to mean the potential earning power of a given life, or person. You jogged my memory back to the infamous exploding Pinto debacle. To protect the gas tanks from explosion via rear-end collisions would have added one dollar to the cost of manufacture. Iacocca's mandate, carved in Iacocca granite, was that the car be produced at a cost which would sell the cars profitably at $1900 but not $2000. Ultimately, it cost Ford Motor Company far more in settlements. Again, "Who in Hell can ever really know." I haven't seen a Pinto on the streets in ages. Most are now probably landfill. - Holly <edit> "value of life" in first line changed to "value of a life." Sometimes I read/type too fast. <g> Nevertheless, that is how I read it when I typed my original response. - Holly

To: Oeconomicus who wrote (20502)	6/17/2005 4:59:16 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 28931

...and say, with a tone of shock and horror, something like "how can you value a human life!?!?!" If the likelihood of being touched by that life is remote the tone is more likely to be muted. I don’t see this as too much of a tangent. siliconinvestor.com "Where do we connect with the plight of other human beings and for what reasons. Why do we begin to advocate for their support. Why some more favorably than others, why some not at all? Unless you truly have an all for one and one for all type of principle you will always find the material argument being shot full of holes."