[ExI] Social right to have a living

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jul 2, 2011, at 12:13 AM, BillK wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Samantha Atkins  wrote:
> <snip>
>> I can't protect idiots from their idiocy and I refuse to bind free and
>> honest people to attempt to do so.
>> 
> 
> 
> But that is the whole point of humans living together in society.

The point is to bind free and honest people to the protection of fools from the effects of their foolishness?  If I believed that I would be a hermit.  

> 
> Society is not just designed to make a nice life for the top 10%.

Who is talking about the top 10%?  Freedom helps everyone and did historically help far more segments rise than ever in history.

> Half the population is below average intelligence and apart from IQ,
> many have other disabilities that make life very difficult for them.
> 

So what?  How is that a claim check on my life or yours?  By what right?  If they have such a "right" then why does it trump our right to live our lives as we see fit?


> A caring society should help them automatically as part of the system.

That is not "caring"?  Being forced to contribute to the well-benig of strangers has nothing to do with "caring" as caring can only be voluntary.

> 
> Besides, if you banish them, who is going to do all the low-level jobs
> that keep society running?

Who said anything about banishing anyone?

- samantha