tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post1165197275080296553..comments2023-11-24T10:11:57.020-05:00Comments on Musings Over a Barrel: The LDA: The issue is responsibility, not ageDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11006015336607998634noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349428160142078931.post-75162099341375637912008-10-09T01:57:00.000-04:002008-10-09T01:57:00.000-04:00I think this is part of our wider cultural malaise...I think this is part of our wider cultural malaise. We have become so hung up on our "rights" as citizens that we have forgotten that rights come with responsibilities, for example the right to vote comes with the responsibility to be informed. Unfortunately it seems Western civilisation is falling into a similar trap as afflicted the communist bloc, people became careless of society, expecting the State to sort everything out. The right of indivudal freedom is inextricably linked to a responsibility for wider society. Is it any wonder then, having digressed rather gloriously, that young people are irresponsible drinkers? What positive role model of responsibility are there in modern Western culture?Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.com