TexasSeaRay
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Tell me again why I am supposed to lay down my life for those that haven't bothered to learn to defend themselves? While it sounds cool, it really seems to have a lot of very risky and expensive drawbacks.
Our soldiers, sailors and airmen do it every day--and for a pittance in pay. The Coast Guard regularly risks all to save ignorant boaters who pay no attention to weather reports. Firemen risk all to save people who refuse to install smoke detectors.
And so on and so on.
To a certain extent, I believe in the karma of "what goes around, comes around."
Why should a banker risk money to lend you some when you haven't learned to budget, save and sacrifice in order to not need a loan?
Why should a doctor perform a lung transplant or liver transplant for chronic smokers or drinkers who haven't learned or pay no attention?
My faith teaches me that I am "my brother's keeper." Our nation was founded on the principle that while we were all created equal, we do not all have equal abilities.
Am I saying that we should all be "cops" and constant guardians of anyone and everyone all the time? No. But if you are in a situation to render aid and possibly/probably save someone's life and you fail to do it because you are more concerned with your own, then I submit that you only perpetuate the "me first" mentality that continues to destroy the will and fabric of this country.
Jeff