[L26175]

I find the premise behind your post – that people are worth only as much as they can contribute – very troubling. How would this contribution be measured? Who makes this type of decision? Is an artist worth more or less than, say, an engineer? Who contributes more, and how do we quantify that? How do we decide when someone is too old/feeble/poor/short/tall/black/white/etc. to do what ‘we’ think they should? Where does it begin, and how will we know if we’ve gone too far? This is a very tricky (not to mention cold) calculus, and I don’t think there’s anything ‘humane’ about it. I believe there is more to life than trying to climb over your neighbor to soak up ‘your share’ of the resources. I also believe that we are more than animals.

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Name : L26175, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : African Methodist Episcopalian, Age : 22, City : Chicago, State : IL, Country : United States, Occupation : writer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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