On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 03:20:44 -0600, Don Foreman
wrote:

On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:02:52 -0600, jim "sjedgingN0Sp"@m@mwt,net
wrote:
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It is puzzling why you are so adamant that your
"redemption of your social contract" to not be called a cost?

That was a good question, Jim. I thought about that now and then all
day while doing other things like driving,walking and takin' a crap.
It certainly is a cost in the sense that it isn't income or revenue.
My objection was to TMT's rhetorical construct "cost to society" but I
wasn't quite sure why.

I may not be the quickest frog in the race but I am one persistent
sonofabitch.

It seems to me that the term "cost to society" has pejorative
connotation because it's general and vague. Warehousing felons,
deterioration of work ethic and values, criminal corporate greed,
government corruption and natural disasters are "costs to society".

Round 'em up and lock 'em up together without guards. Add a dash of
natural disaster and I'll guarantee that costs will diminish.


Obamacare does seem to have overlooked the hippocratic oath required
of every physician: "first, do no harm".

Those are no longer required or given, Don. Check it out.

"Contrary to popular belief, the Hippocratic Oath is not required by
most modern medical schools."

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath

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