THE MEASURE OF A CIVILIZED SOCIETY

THE MEASURE OF A CIVILIZED SOCIETY * The measure of a civilized society or so I have been told, Is of how they take care of their innocents, the sick, indigent and old. * Do they take care of all of them? or just a chosen few? Or do we dare save only those spared from a job efficiency crew? * Do you get down on your knees, thanking god your job was not in the plan Do you ponder if your fate had been dealt a different hand? * If it comes to having no money should we be turned away? if we have no assets to recover, should we really even bother? * Should we shudder and look the other way? Is that the way it should be? Or would the civilized thing be to help those in need who need our sympathy? * What is morally right, and what is morally wrong? That is the question we must ponder. Do the big Insurance Companies know? Should we all look to them for guidance? * How about our elected officials, with their free cradle to grave health plan? Do they know what it is to do without, like those they represent? * WordPlaya, June 2009 ************************** It's no measure of health to be well adjusted in a profoundly sick society such as this one. * (can't remember who said this quote above, but I wish I had!)