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["clanSkeen" <sgian AT planetc.com>]

> I guess I'm pretty dense.  In your original post you said somthing about 
> socialism or welfare and the phrase "lose the weight and return to work." 
> I interpreted that to mean that if you're going to harm yourself, the State 
> should not help pay for it.

Bill, don't fall into the reasoning short circuit as 'you're telling 
everyone what to do' and 'you're judging' people.  I said that many of the 
wastrels think that if we just had a socialist economic system, it would pay 
for all their drugs and port-a-tub electric carts and such but rather 
'shared the risk' also means 'share the responsibility' and instead this 
ideal socialist system would more likely tell the "lose the weight and 
return to work".  I said the working socialist system would say that, not 
me.  I don't care one way or the other   It's no sweat off my nose how many 
gargantuan individuals scoot about on the carts at WalMart, until they are 
parked for ten minutes blocking the aisle where I need to go.   Same goes 
for such people on discussion lists, they can do as they please until they 
start blocking the aisles.

James