Re: Attention Experienced Professionals
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:29:44 -0400
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"ats" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:1097550355.850993_at_yasure...
> > I think there's been a fundamental cultural shift, at least in the US,
away
> > from the "protestant world ethic" and towards the "victim entitlement".
>
> That's a fine bit of political puditry but without much reality. Sure
> there's sense of victim entitlement. There is also a sense of corporate
> entitlement. And a sense of entitlement by the super-wealthy. Did you
> know that here in the Puget Sound region Bill Gates, richest man on the
> planet now or ever objected to his property tax bill and claimed he
> couldn't afford it. What a pathetic excuse for a responsible human
> being.
>
> Don't just blame it on victims ... it is society wide.
Exactly!