From: "Heather" <Heather-AT-teknopunx.co.uk>
Subject: Re: rights (was ...talks shite)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 19:20:29 -0000



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From: "Kristopher Barrett" <kbarrett-AT-cotse.com>
To: <Heather-AT-teknopunx.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: rights (was ...talks shite)


> not, but  do they have the "right" to abandon those humans who need
> constant care to survive? I guess they do, and I guess that's why there
> are a lot of people living like vegetables in institutions.

Kris
You shouldn't be able to force someone to care for someone else. Somebody
will need to agree to do it or support those who do.

H
I wouldn't dream of it-either forcing someone to or agreeing to do it
myself. In tight communities, like the travelling people I knew, there were
unspoken agreements to take semi shared responsibility for anyone that
needed care, those closest taking most but there being  support of some sort
from everyone depending on their willingness and ability.
I knew a lot of totally dependant individuals that were well looked after by
a dozen or more people and I never heard of any such community that took the
shared responsibility of leaving someone to die just because they needed a
bit of help. Animals are completely different.
How was the venison, Carp?
H

> It's a fucking sad world. So what's new.

Kris
then we'll need to fix that.

H
Yup-looks pretty well broke to me right now.
:-(







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