Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Father Government Knows Best

There was a terrible boat accident in New York and many people died.

Probe: Tour Boat Didn't Have Required Crew (link no longer available)


As with every disaster in this country, people immediately start blaming. The title of the article suggests a mentality far to prevalent: that government knows how to do everything. Implicit in the title is the implication that if only people had done things the government's way, everyone would have lived happily ever after.

That kind of attitude is insulting. But people will buy it. People will make a big deal about it. And in the end, there will probably be a host of new laws put into place the help people live in peace and harmony, if they would only listen to their all-knowing Father Government.

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