tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052900791482459984.post4131650884976684938..comments2023-08-20T10:40:23.399-04:00Comments on Views from the lake - eh?: “I refuse to tip-toe through life only to arrive safely at death”Canajunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052900791482459984.post-33544442658035718042008-12-15T21:44:00.000-05:002008-12-15T21:44:00.000-05:00Agreed entirely. Policitians are elected to be le...Agreed entirely. Policitians are elected to be leaders, right? So why are they panderers instead? It's almost hilarious (pathetic?) how they read the current polls before rushing out to lead the public where the polls say the public is already going. When was the last time we heard a politician say in a measured tone that something proposed might be popular, but it is the wrong thing to do? (Of course we get lots of that after the event by the nay-sayers, foresight-challenged, and hindsight-blessed.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052900791482459984.post-84766505081939914052008-12-07T21:59:00.000-05:002008-12-07T21:59:00.000-05:00I'm sure that guilt is part of it too. And you're ...I'm sure that guilt is part of it too. And you're right, it can often be irrational. But that doesn't change the fact that our politicians are far too quick with the knee-jerk reaction legislation.Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052900791482459984.post-75399105061732274862008-12-07T21:25:00.000-05:002008-12-07T21:25:00.000-05:00Hi Dave: You said: "Losing a loved one before th...Hi Dave: <BR/>You said: "Losing a loved one before their time hurts, and it’s understandable that those suffering such a loss will cry out for more rules, more limits, more controls so that no one else will ever have to feel their pain." <BR/>Call me a cynic, but I don't think people really cry out for more controls so that no one else will feel their pain. They cry out for controls or legislation or guardrails or whatever mostly because they feel some personal guilt (whether rightly or wrongly makes no difference) and they feel they need to be seen to be trying to do something. It may be totally unconscious, but that is the real reason in 90+% of the situations. <BR/>all the best<BR/>PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com