Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
Forgive me, but that's an awfully cynical way of looking at things.
I call it realistic, but I guess cynic works just as well.
There are plenty of people who volunteer in charitable organizations, civic organizations, religious organizations, and the like, who advocate for the rights of others not directly in their organization. They receive no personal benefit or financial benefit. Sometimes, doing the right thing is its own reward.
TSORon has been a foster parent for nearly 20 years, and fully understands this point of view. He also understands that when the chips are down, when faced with their own self-interest or that of another persons, self-interest wins hand down every time.
Excuuuuse me? If someone takes my rights away from me, it's my fault? Talk about blaming the victim ...
No one can take your rights away from you (except a court), unless you willingly give them up.
I have no problem with encouraging people to stand up and defend their own rights. But to claim that those who don't defend their own rights don't deserve them is preposterous.
That’s not what I said Jim. I said that if they let people take them away, then they get what they deserve. It’s a choice issue, one can either stand up for themselves or not, and in both cases they get what they deserve.