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To: laredo44
I'm not sure I can say you are responsible to take out the trash. I think we should agree that you are responsible. As an adult, you must be a part of that determination.
173 posted on 12/07/2002 9:35:40 AM PST by Abcdefg
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To: Abcdefg
I'm not sure I can say you are responsible to take out the trash.

Sorry if I was unclear. I didn't mean, literally, that you would charge me with the responsibility. I meant that it is meaningless to assert somebody has a responsibility for something they do not enjoy the liberty to carry out. Let me try again. My parents and I agree I'm responsible to walk my little brother home from school. I get grounded, can't leave the house. I no longer have the freedom required for the responsibility. There are many more complex examples, but the bottom line is responsibility means nothing if the person charged does not enjoy the liberty to assume it.

184 posted on 12/07/2002 10:34:11 AM PST by laredo44
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