[BC] KDND Verdict

[Jeff Carter]

Thank you for making the point I was trying to make, better than I was
able to do.

I still feel like it's turning over control of your very life to
others to take the position that a waiver doesn't matter, and that
it's too important to let go without comment.

Personal responsibility, at least in my definition of it, always
applies.  You are always responsible, or at least you should be.
Society itself collapses when nobody is responsible, and I think we're
beginning to see some of that.

In the event you are incapacitated, you have the responsibility of
having previously appointed someone who understands and will respect
your wishes.  When you die, you should have a will.

Surely a bunch of engineers, representing some of the last of the
thinkers on this planet, can at least agree that the flip side of our
rights is our responsibilities.  We can't shirk our responsibilities
and expect our rights to remain inviolate.

Jeff/KD4RBG

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Dave Dunsmoor <mrfixit at min.midco.net> wrote:

>> Personal responsibility doesn't apply here!
>
>    Oh, but it CERTAINLY does! Absolutely it does. It ALWAYS applies, to
> each and EVERY situation you ever find yourself in. And this is becoming a
> BIG problem with this country, more and more people are wanting to assign
> responsibility for all aspects of their lives over to someone else, and for
> what reason? To I suspect that they imagine that it will make their life
> easier, with no realization of the loss of personal freedom they're handing
> over..
>
> If this EXACT same incident occured, but was the
> result of a "dare" by a hypothetical (and in this example for discussion
> sake, a destitute) acquaintance at a halloween party, would the same
> discussion be occuring?
>
>    I don't think so. There certainly wouldn't be $16M involved.
>
> Dave Dunsmoor