Morning Whip, Mar. 18, 2010
- Thursday, March 18 2010 @ 12:02 AM CST
- Contributed by: filbert
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If you think health care is a "civil right" then you must believe in slavery for doctors and nurses. There's no other alternative. If you have a right to their work, then you should get it without paying for it, right? What do you call forcing somebody to work and not paying them? Hmm???
I call it slavery. But maybe you can come up with a nicer, kinder, gentler word for shackling another person and making them do your bidding.
"Well, no!" you say. "It's not slavery at all! It's just that I have a right to health care. You're so cruel and heartless if you don't think that people have a right to decent health care."
No. You're the one who is cruel and heartless. Why don't you have a right to demand that the farmer give you food? Why don't you have a right to demand that the carpenter build you a house? What makes clothing and shelter different from health care?
No. You're the one who wants to turn your neighbors into your slaves.
"Right" is not a synonym for "want."
Kids want candy instead of broccoli. That doesn't mean that a caring parent will give it to them.