atw: Re: empathy
- From: Anne Casey <writan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:57:27 +1000
At 09:16 PM 23/08/2010, you wrote:
Rod, while you have every right to use someone else's work to make a
point, plagiarism is a big no-no so I recommend you give recognition
where due to avoid getting caught out by people like Anne.
People like Anne. Hmm. I've been working as a tech writer for nearly
twenty five years, and been a member of this list since it started. I
sent my first email in 1985, if anyone cares, and I've never been
either a teacher or a librarian. I did run an acute care hospital once, though.
I've worked with or for several members of this list, and sent my CV
to several more. I largely gave up posting to the list years ago; I
occasionally email people privately, but I don't read the list from
wherever I'm working, and by the time I get home, the question has
usually been answered.
This time, however, it wasn't about writing - it was about equity. I
cannot understand people who think that because things are fine for
them, no more needs to be done for anyone else - whether it is
broadband, roads, public transport, health access, housing or jobs.
That's just plain selfishness. I don't believe in any gods, but I do
believe that we have a responsibility to make at least a half-hearted
attempt to make things reasonably fair for everyone. As a citizen of
a country or member of a community or family, you have both rights
and obligations as a part of that group. Without cooperation, we'd
still be hanging out in the jungles, stealing food from each other.
And unlike some on this list, I understand the necessity for my taxes
to improve broadband access for all people living in Australia, and
even to build the occasional road for people who drive baby killers*.
Anne
* Baby killers - what my daughter the qualified paramedic calls those
hulking great 4WD vehicles some people seem to think is required to
drive their 1.7 children a short distance on bitumen roads to school.
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