Gov't (at least the sorts we prefer here) involve a willing constraint on some liberties, in exchange for a more comfortable life.
I don't really have to worry about someone breaking my doors in because he want's something he thinks I have. I don't have to worry about a dispute with my neighbors turning into a multi-generational fued; to be ended only when both sides are worn out, or one is eliminated. This was a commonplace in the Scottish Highlands until after the Battle of Culloden, and in the Highlands of New Guinea until the 1960s.
Given the number of people who are going to need medications, and the certain destuction of them, I don't have a real problem with the gov't taking it.
Absent a real need (kidney stone, diabetes, habit, etc.) I can't see a likelihood for private persons taking it, other than personal gain and that's not acceptable.
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Date: 2005-08-31 12:08 am (UTC)I don't really have to worry about someone breaking my doors in because he want's something he thinks I have. I don't have to worry about a dispute with my neighbors turning into a multi-generational fued; to be ended only when both sides are worn out, or one is eliminated. This was a commonplace in the Scottish Highlands until after the Battle of Culloden, and in the Highlands of New Guinea until the 1960s.
Given the number of people who are going to need medications, and the certain destuction of them, I don't have a real problem with the gov't taking it.
Absent a real need (kidney stone, diabetes, habit, etc.) I can't see a likelihood for private persons taking it, other than personal gain and that's not acceptable.
TK