Comments on: My dog is a weekend warrior http://thoughtpaths.com/archives/60 ThoughtPaths with Ken Wilson et al Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: kwilson http://thoughtpaths.com/archives/60#comment-7 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:13:27 +0000 http://thoughtpaths.com/archives/60#comment-7 I agree, to a point. I was not implying that my dog should not have such care available, assuming I have the resources to supply it. I think that it is great and I would defend that access. What I was pointing out was how the contrast brought the inadequacy of our public system sharply into focus. We have great medical people, very dedicated and caring, who simply aren't given what they need to do the job we need them to do. Now, on the subject of people who 'choose' take patently stupid risks for monetary gain, I am much less sympathetic. Animals that are 'used' have no choice, and I am quite please to see an advocate appear on their behalf, within reason. The people 'deciding' to take risks as mentioned above, though, are not displaying the common sense they should be, and that is a different matter IMO. Their lack of sense should no, IMO, impact the rest of us unduly. It opens the whole topic of accountability. Now there is the subject for a protracted blog thread! One instance would be when people take stupid risks and then expect the system to bail them out for free. For example, to prove you are manly, you might decide to sail into an Atlantic storm. You subsequently have to be rescued by the Coast Guard. Should you have been rescued? Of course! Should you have been rescued at public expense? Absolutely not!!! So there you have it... I agree, to a point. I was not implying that my dog should not have such care available, assuming I have the resources to supply it. I think that it is great and I would defend that access. What I was pointing out was how the contrast brought the inadequacy of our public system sharply into focus. We have great medical people, very dedicated and caring, who simply aren’t given what they need to do the job we need them to do.

Now, on the subject of people who ‘choose’ take patently stupid risks for monetary gain, I am much less sympathetic. Animals that are ‘used’ have no choice, and I am quite please to see an advocate appear on their behalf, within reason. The people ‘deciding’ to take risks as mentioned above, though, are not displaying the common sense they should be, and that is a different matter IMO. Their lack of sense should no, IMO, impact the rest of us unduly. It opens the whole topic of accountability. Now there is the subject for a protracted blog thread!
One instance would be when people take stupid risks and then expect the system to bail them out for free. For example, to prove you are manly, you might decide to sail into an Atlantic storm. You subsequently have to be rescued by the Coast Guard. Should you have been rescued? Of course! Should you have been rescued at public expense? Absolutely not!!!

So there you have it…

]]> by: Brent http://thoughtpaths.com/archives/60#comment-6 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:55:07 +0000 http://thoughtpaths.com/archives/60#comment-6 The problem is directly proportional to the number of movies in circulation that have desensitized us to human pain and suffering. Maim, torture and kill all the people in the world in TVdom, but for the love of all that is holy, don't even remotely suggest the debasement or abuse of ANY animal. Erstwhile, stunt performers and the like are maimed and killed on a fairly frequent basis. Let's not even broach the subject of the decidedly (NDP) lopsided doctor/patient ratio. No animals were harmed during the making of this blog, although there may be a few human (Bob Rae) fans, out there, if there are any such creatures still in existence, who are feeling just a tad slighted and unable to cope and will therefore be subsequently forced to while away the next 8-10 hrs in their local ER ward in search of an available practitioner capable of treating their anxiety. The problem is directly proportional to the number of movies in circulation that have desensitized us to human pain and suffering. Maim, torture and kill all the people in the world in TVdom, but for the love of all that is holy, don’t even remotely suggest the debasement or abuse of ANY animal. Erstwhile, stunt performers and the like are maimed and killed on a fairly frequent basis. Let’s not even broach the subject of the decidedly (NDP) lopsided doctor/patient ratio.

No animals were harmed during the making of this blog, although there may be a few human (Bob Rae) fans, out there, if there are any such creatures still in existence, who are feeling just a tad slighted and unable to cope and will therefore be subsequently forced to while away the next 8-10 hrs in their local ER ward in search of an available practitioner capable of treating their anxiety.

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