[ExI] Yet another health care debate

spike spike66 at att.net
Thu Sep 25 14:27:34 UTC 2008


 

> ...On Behalf Of Jef Allbright
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Yet another health care debate
> 
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:41 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> 
> > So long as it isn't overwhelming, we can keep some fear and 
> want, and 
> > still have a really good society that moves forward and 
> develops lotsa 
> > cool new stuff.
> 
> It's surprising to me that on this list it's still unsettled 
> that while gradients are essential to the ratcheting forward 
> of "progress", fear and want (and other impairments for the 
> sake of simple contrast) are not.
> 
> - Jef

Ja.  Keep in mind, fear and want aint what they used to be.  Fear pf
starvation shouldn't be a part of it, nor homelessness.  But we can have
fear of a hand-me-down Intel 386, and want of a Sony LCD screen, that sorta
thing.  That would keep us rising and going to the office.  Hey, works on
me.  {8^D

spike





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