Re: Attention Experienced Professionals
From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:05:00 -0700
Message-ID: <1097719587.200523_at_yasure>
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> away
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> Exactly!
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> When I mentioned a shift from "work ethic" to "victim entitlement" (should
> have been "victim mentality") I was talking about the entire society, not
> one particular economic subgroup. Go to the country club, and listen.
> You'll hear a bunch of whining "victims". Go to a gathering of Democrats.
> You'll hear a bunch of whining "victims". Go to a gathering of Republicans.
> You'll hear a bunch of whining "victims".
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> "I'm a victim, you're a victim, everybody's a victim." That's part of the
> problem, not part of the solution. And it is the more powerful of the
> "victims" that feel entitled to rip everybody else off. Me, I don't care
> whether it's welfare fraud or pumping and dumping Enron stock. It's all the
> same thing.
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:05:00 -0700
Message-ID: <1097719587.200523_at_yasure>
Laconic2 wrote:
> "ats" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1097550355.850993_at_yasure...
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>>>I think there's been a fundamental cultural shift, at least in the US,
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> away
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>>>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.
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> Exactly!
>
> When I mentioned a shift from "work ethic" to "victim entitlement" (should
> have been "victim mentality") I was talking about the entire society, not
> one particular economic subgroup. Go to the country club, and listen.
> You'll hear a bunch of whining "victims". Go to a gathering of Democrats.
> You'll hear a bunch of whining "victims". Go to a gathering of Republicans.
> You'll hear a bunch of whining "victims".
>
> "I'm a victim, you're a victim, everybody's a victim." That's part of the
> problem, not part of the solution. And it is the more powerful of the
> "victims" that feel entitled to rip everybody else off. Me, I don't care
> whether it's welfare fraud or pumping and dumping Enron stock. It's all the
> same thing.
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)Received on Thu Oct 14 2004 - 04:05:00 CEST