publiusvarus wrote:
Never ever? Sure it does.
Never.
publiusvarus wrote:
Of course, like I said, liberals don't believe anyone should be held accountable for the choices they've made.
It's not a matter of belief; it's that it achieves nothing.
Blaming people for their situation regardless of whether they caused it or not does nothing to
change the situation. The essence of personal responsibility is inaction and noninterference. If your kid is being beaten to death before your eyes, personal responsibility would have you do nothing to stop it. All you could do is say "it was my son's fault," after the event occurred.
I realize you don't think that is what personal responsibility entails, but that lack of understanding is probably why you support the idea to begin with.
Having public schools is an affront to personal responsibility. Having private schools is an affront to personal responsibility. Hospitals, police, and the military are all creations which reject the idea of personal responsibility. I shift the responsibility of providing those services to someone else. I shift the responsibility of regulating and monitoring those services to someone else. I diffuse the responsibility of paying for those services to other people. Every government agency, private business, and community organization is a rejection of personal responsibility.
Edited, Feb 12th 2010 3:51pm by Allegory