Right here.
Mr. Cranick made a decision - a decision to spend his $75 on something other than fire protection - and thereby was making a choice to accept the risk that goes with it. He had no moral, legal, ethical or Christian claim on the services of the fire department because of choices that he himself made.
Bryan Fischer from afa.net.
Mm-kay.
So, letting this guy's whole house burn down, because he didn't pay $75, was not only a perfectly reasonable thing to do... it was the Godly thing to do?
Is there some hotly contested race for Jerk-Ass of the Year of which the rest of us were not made aware?
And if so, what is the big prize for winning the Jerk-Ass crown? Because the competition is tight.
This is the TEA Party mindset in play, by the way.
If this is what you want from your government... this Old Testament-style of wisdom dished out by modern day philosopher kings... then take all of your enthusiasm and vote for these Mad Hatters. Just make sure that you don't have a bad day during their reign. And you had better hope no one screws up your paper work. Because governments never make bureaucratic mistakes.
There are way too many folks out there talking about this like its some Aesop fable and not an actual family who actually lost their entire actual house.
If you think that it was okay for that guy's house to burn for want of $75, go die in a fire. In Tennessee.
ooh I feel the love...
ReplyDelete"I’m going with mature, robust Christianity on this one." - Bryan Fischer
Is that a "robust" as in 'strong and healthy' or 'rough, rude, or boisterous'?
I will grant that Mr. Fischer is a better speller than me...
As I noted earlier, $75 per household per year--apart from being hellishly regressive, since it doesn't account for relative home value--would not cover the full costs of 24/7 fire protection for any community. Therefore it's likely this guy was paying SOMETHING for fire protection in taxes and other fees. He was paying his freight minus $75.
ReplyDeleteHe probably has a pretty good lawsuit, especially given the egregiousness of trained professionals standing by at the scene of a hazard offering no aid. Wasn't this the essence of New York's Kitty Genovese ruling?
I renewed my tabs today; they expired last month.
ReplyDeleteMy renewal notice from DMV was at the bottom of a pile of correspondence.
I'm glad they didn't take my car.