https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/why-sen-kaine-wants-to-save-trump-country-from-sinking-into-the-chesapeake/2017/09/02/906d0016-8695-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html?utm_term=.3da99d82fb53
I believe in personal responsibility and
actions (or inactions) having consequences.
If you want to believe Trump will save you and trust his (arrogant) assertion that a small island off of Virginia will definitely be around centuries hence. Fine.
If you want to believe prayer works and God will deliver you. Fine.
But when none of the above works, don't come begging to others to save your island.
That's not being heartless. That's holding people accountable and making them responsible for their own choices.
On the other hand, if the inhabitants of this island had worked hard to deal with their slowly sinking home applying fact-based ideas and attempted over time to solve this problem head-on applying scientific and engineering knowledge, I'd have no problem (as a taxpayer) offering a helping hand to pull them the rest of the way.
But ignorance and inaction will get no sympathy from this hard-working taxpayer who thinks humans should make a go of solving our own problems using the knowledge and experience acquired over centuries. Failing that, we can reach out to Zeus or whatever deity we wish to help us. Just don't reach out to politicians, who are only interested in solving problems insofar as it will make them look good.
If you want to believe Trump will save you and trust his (arrogant) assertion that a small island off of Virginia will definitely be around centuries hence. Fine.
If you want to believe prayer works and God will deliver you. Fine.
But when none of the above works, don't come begging to others to save your island.
That's not being heartless. That's holding people accountable and making them responsible for their own choices.
On the other hand, if the inhabitants of this island had worked hard to deal with their slowly sinking home applying fact-based ideas and attempted over time to solve this problem head-on applying scientific and engineering knowledge, I'd have no problem (as a taxpayer) offering a helping hand to pull them the rest of the way.
But ignorance and inaction will get no sympathy from this hard-working taxpayer who thinks humans should make a go of solving our own problems using the knowledge and experience acquired over centuries. Failing that, we can reach out to Zeus or whatever deity we wish to help us. Just don't reach out to politicians, who are only interested in solving problems insofar as it will make them look good.
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