The Socialistic Shit-Case

[lucy]

You are lying on the street, robbed, beaten, hurting, aching, bleeding, about to kick the bucket?
Fuck it! It's not my problem! I just walk by.

No, wrong. F*** YOU! Your stupidity of being in the wrong place at the wrong time probably will cost me (as a taxpayer!!!) some of my hard earned Swiss Francs.

(Just to make sure everyone gets it: It's called sarcasm. And not personal. Just an example, although a graphical one.)

As for your questions, MMI: Right, my post wasn't all that helpful. I'll try to fill in the blanks if i get around to do some research.

[Thorne]

You are lying on the street, robbed, beaten, hurting, aching, bleeding, about to kick the bucket?
Fuck it! It's not my problem! I just walk by.

You think this is unusual? I would bet that this happens far too often in almost any major city in the world.

A young woman is gang-raped in a bar. Not a single patron comes to her aid and, in fact, many of them cheer on the rapists.

A man is badly injured by a hit and run driver. No one passing by bothers to even notify emergency services, and at least one "Good Samaritan" actually tries to rob the man.

A woman screams in pain and terror as her husband/boy friend beats her mercilessly, night after night. Not one neighbor interferes or notifies police. When the woman is found dead, several weeks later, all the neighbors are "shocked! He seemed like such a nice man!"

These are horrid examples of man's inhumanity, and I don't for one instant claim that they are good or right. But they are a far cry from telling someone who is healthy and fit that they are no longer getting a free ride, but will have to work to support themselves.

Sure, help those who cannot help themselves. I have no problem with that. And those who have already done their bit for society, the elderly who are finally able to set aside their burdens, they deserve the support of that society. They've earned it.

But don't expect me to feel sorry for some schmuck who has spent his whole life chasing from one drug-fueled high to another. Or some foolish woman who has come to realize that the government will give her more money if she has more kids, and she won't have to work for it.

I've worked my whole life only to see the fruits of my labors wasted on people like this. I say, let them fend for themselves, and if they can't hack it, then too bad. We must all pay the price for our own stupidity.