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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (6660)	4/13/2009 9:43:02 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 42652

Individual people will always be corruptible. Not just individuals. Groups too. But you can't plan a system around outliers. Corruptability is the norm. The corruptible are not outliers. I think history shows all the above very clearly. The issue is where society's head is, not that of individuals. We need to look at where the critical mass is and in what direction is it moving. American society continues to be more civilized. I don't agree. We've made advances in some areas and regressed in others. As long as we are civilized and have the openness to spot un-civilized behavior should it rear its ugly head, I don't think we have to fear that there will be a return to the ugliness that has been practiced in the past. Of course, we have to be attentive to any trace of backsliding. But I think it's reasonable to expect continued civilization and openness. You're unduly optimistic imo. Take abortion. Is that ugliness? A characteristic of civilization? Re. attentiveness to any trace of backsliding: Thats exactly what I think I'm trying to do.