civil liberties lawyers, pissing me off once again
I was watching the news last night, and they were talking about health care. The topic was how companies are dealing with the rising cost of health care and incentives to get people to make healthier choices. They talked about bonuses for people who lose weight and companies who won't pay for injuries from an auto accident if the employee involved wasn't wearing a seat belt.
Then some civil liberties lawyer objects, saying a company has no business infringing on a person's life and making them do things when they aren't in the workplace.
I'm sorry, Mr. Lawyer, but nobody's making anyone do anything. A person is given a choice, and they have the freedom to make it. They can choose to wear a seat belt and, if they get in an accident, the company that employs them will help cover medical expenses, OR they can choose to not wear a seat belt and, if they get in an accident, bear the cost themselves. They have the freedom to be idiots. Nobody has removed that.
The same lawyer discussed the 'censorship' of Sally Field at the emmys, where they bleeped out, or edited out, or whatever, her comments about the war. (Sorry, the emmys aren't 'must see TV' for me, so I wasn't watching.) He called it 'disturbing', and an infringement on her first ammendment rights. What a crock! No it isn't! She's free to say whatever she pleases, and she did. The network is free to broadcast whatever they please, too...and it may not be everything you say. Just because you have the right to say something, doesn't mean you have the right to use someone elses podium to take that message across the country. The secret police didn't show up and beat her to a pulp. Sally Field isn't in jail today for making her comments. That's the kind of shit that happens when your first ammendment rights disappear, but it didn't. Sally's free to say whatever she wants. That doesn't mean anyone is obliged to propagate her message into my home.
...and people wonder why I dislike lawyers....many of whom become politicians...and why I think the last people who should be meddling in things like health care are politicians....go figure
Then some civil liberties lawyer objects, saying a company has no business infringing on a person's life and making them do things when they aren't in the workplace.
I'm sorry, Mr. Lawyer, but nobody's making anyone do anything. A person is given a choice, and they have the freedom to make it. They can choose to wear a seat belt and, if they get in an accident, the company that employs them will help cover medical expenses, OR they can choose to not wear a seat belt and, if they get in an accident, bear the cost themselves. They have the freedom to be idiots. Nobody has removed that.
The same lawyer discussed the 'censorship' of Sally Field at the emmys, where they bleeped out, or edited out, or whatever, her comments about the war. (Sorry, the emmys aren't 'must see TV' for me, so I wasn't watching.) He called it 'disturbing', and an infringement on her first ammendment rights. What a crock! No it isn't! She's free to say whatever she pleases, and she did. The network is free to broadcast whatever they please, too...and it may not be everything you say. Just because you have the right to say something, doesn't mean you have the right to use someone elses podium to take that message across the country. The secret police didn't show up and beat her to a pulp. Sally Field isn't in jail today for making her comments. That's the kind of shit that happens when your first ammendment rights disappear, but it didn't. Sally's free to say whatever she wants. That doesn't mean anyone is obliged to propagate her message into my home.
...and people wonder why I dislike lawyers....many of whom become politicians...and why I think the last people who should be meddling in things like health care are politicians....go figure
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John put this out here at 7:58 AM
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