I got into a bit of a comment battle with an old co-worker who turned out to be a lot more libertarian / tea-party than I recall. We were going back and forth about the need for society and the govt. to help protect the weak and the vulnerable among us. He was maintaining that nobody is required to help anybody, that it’s the personal rights of all to refuse to help.

I said that I don’t agree, my line was “I’m more John Donne than John Galt”. He said “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”. My reply, “Yea, and that’s the problem”. I think he’s unfriended me. Oh well…

RBS