Katrina
I am watching a show where Republicans and Democrats are arguing about how much they care about New Orleans and fixing the city after Katrina devastated it.
I do not care. I do not care at all. It has nothing to do with me, it's not where I live, and I do not want any of my money going to it. If you care, I have no problem with that. If you want to give your money to it, I have no problem with that. But I do not care, I do not want my money going to it, and I see no rational reason why my money should go to it.
This is not "selfishness," at least, not in a negative sense. I do not expect people in New Orleans to care if Seattle gets flooded, and am against our state seeking funds for repairs to help prevent that. I am personally embarassed that my (former) state benefitted to the tune of billions of federal dollars for the Big Dig; why should anyone in Montana care that people in Boston can get a brand new highway system?
If New Orleans never "comes back" it won't adversely affect me at all, and I do not care, and there is no reason why I should care.
I do not care. I do not care at all. It has nothing to do with me, it's not where I live, and I do not want any of my money going to it. If you care, I have no problem with that. If you want to give your money to it, I have no problem with that. But I do not care, I do not want my money going to it, and I see no rational reason why my money should go to it.
This is not "selfishness," at least, not in a negative sense. I do not expect people in New Orleans to care if Seattle gets flooded, and am against our state seeking funds for repairs to help prevent that. I am personally embarassed that my (former) state benefitted to the tune of billions of federal dollars for the Big Dig; why should anyone in Montana care that people in Boston can get a brand new highway system?
If New Orleans never "comes back" it won't adversely affect me at all, and I do not care, and there is no reason why I should care.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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