[MD] Noted for the record

[ian glendinning]

Hi Peter, I know where Platt got his case from, and the knee-jerk
generalised journalistic content of it  ... I unpicked it a little
(into smaller steps / issues) so we could address the actual questions
-  which you also ignored ;-) - rather than the sweeping partisan
rhetoric.

Anyway, unlike Platt, you get the point. Thanks.
That's "entwicklung" right ?
Ian

On 1/4/08, Peter Corteen <psigenics at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ian,
>
> On 04/01/2008, ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Er excuse me Peter, who mentioned "drunkard" .... please read the
> > thread before falling for Platt's filthy rhetoric.
>
>
> England's Daily Mail supplied Platt's original scenario.
>
> My goodwill ? ... goes a long way Peter ... but has limits based on
> > existing practical responsibilities (to a nuclear and extended family
> > basically) ... but those evolve over time. I was trying to illustrate
> > that these things have practical limits - I'm no different.
>
>
> I  agree, as an intellectual being I have to recognise that responsibility
> for myself comes first, followed by family, friends, neighbours, local
> community, the human race, other mammals, all of life and Gaia. Particular
> situations can alter the order.
>
> Anyone who says either "all care should be free (and I'm prepared to
> > fund it with my and my society's money and time)" or "I wouldn't lift
> > a finger to help anyone in need" is an idiot.
>
>
> Probably true.
>
> I provided a set of
> > questions - simple, specific, practical (no philsophising required,
> > unless asked to justify afterwards) - with varying degrees of input
> > from the helper side, depending on the needy person's actual
> > circumstance. Platt ignored them all as usual.
> >
> > BTW Simply "quitting the day job" to help ... is rarely the best
> > option if you weigh it up. Without "earning" your own resources, you
> > have little help to give, except handwringing and cold-comfort.
> > Everyone needs to decide what their best contribution is. (I could
> > send you a personal offline note on my own "career" plans .... if you
> > are genuienly interested .... they're not "secret" but it's not
> > appropriate for public debate.)
>
>
> Ian, it's very unlikely that we'll ever meet except by email so your
> personal career plans, interesting though they sound, are none of my
> business. Even Entwinkling has social value.
>
> -Peter
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