tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633748158524217798.post8495546353972448304..comments2020-11-22T00:28:25.249-08:00Comments on FOR THE REPUBLIC!: The Truth About Firefighting In Obion CountyAlex Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10194381637456911565noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633748158524217798.post-87144683517613321952011-12-09T23:18:40.513-08:002011-12-09T23:18:40.513-08:00Alex thanks for the reply!
Let me start by saying...Alex thanks for the reply!<br /><br />Let me start by saying i know nothing of this particular department so allow me speak generally. <br /><br />Excellent point and well taken. However, I must reject the premise of your question. Please allow me to first speak to it anyway.<br /><br />If the options were to A.) allow the homes to continue to burn or B.) borrow to insolvency. I would have to see the least ethical choice would of course be B. I say this because in the first situation you have someone paying the consequences for a choice they made and they alone accepting responsibility for a bad decision. That is of course what freedom, at least in my opinion, is all about.<br /><br />Where in choice B you have a socialized loss, because instead of the homeowner accepting responsibility for his actions you have the city, county, or municipality passing the debt onto the taxpayer and of course losing the services that are provided for said taxation. (I reject the premise of property taxation too though, ha)<br /><br />Now onto my rejection of the premise of the choices. I think these choices can be avoided all together and I believe you would of course agree with that.<br /><br />If these departments were not monopolizing the environment of fire fighting there would be no need for them to continue to borrow into insolvency or allow the homes to be destroyed.<br /><br />It is the very idea that it is governments handling of this issue that can solve the problem. I'm sure both of us have a severe problem with this.<br /><br />Beyond this there are many avenues I'm sure the cities are unwilling to consider, one of which i just listed above which is competition. They've done really well in sandy springs, Georgia with just this sort of thing. <br /><br />Then there is always the idea of cutting the spending on less needed services and redirecting the funds to firefighting. This probably being the least popular of the choices because as we all know government is classically hard to shrink. All in all it is probably the most ethical choice from the dichotomy for the city to choose, but still unethical. Kind of like the lesser of two evils is still evil.<br /><br />And as to the firefighters actions... I still can not imagine myself sitting on an engine watching someones home burn without at least attempting to help in some way. Everyone is different though and I never intend to project my values on others, but they sure are making it hard to push the case for a charitable and free society.<br /><br />Thanks for your thought provoking question!Flintloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820347420111147217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633748158524217798.post-10234381045038422002011-12-09T19:55:01.132-08:002011-12-09T19:55:01.132-08:00Thanks for commenting!
I see your point, but let ...Thanks for commenting!<br /><br />I see your point, but let me ask you something in return as food for thought: The municipalities have been putting themselves in debt for a fire department they can't afford, and the reason they can't afford it is because they keep fighting fires for people who don't pay for service. <br /><br />The question: Is it more ethical to a) continue putting out these fires, or b) borrow money to the point of insolvency, at which point they can no longer fight any fires or save any lives at all because they're bankrupt?<br /><br />It should be noted that this agencies' policy still mandates that fires be fought if the fire endangers people or surrounding property.Alex Kauffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194381637456911565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633748158524217798.post-50906965423451209302011-12-09T17:20:24.715-08:002011-12-09T17:20:24.715-08:00Probably the most concise and non-vitriolic articl...Probably the most concise and non-vitriolic article I've read on this so far.<br /><br />While i agree with everything you wrote, I still feel those firemen are morally bankrupt for watching the house burn. The two staples of what I believe is personal responsibility and charity. This is legally acceptable and I have no problem or intention of wanting to change that but it is still morally defunct in my view.<br /><br />I guess what I'm trying to say is they failed of living up to their moral responsibilities while in turn being completely legally responsible.Flintloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820347420111147217noreply@blogger.com