atw: Re: empathy
- From: "Julie Gibson" <julieg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:31:49 +1000
Thanks Anne,
You've said it for me and I hope also for many of the rest of us who hang
about here.
Julie
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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