re: #98 marjoriemoon

It doesn’t really matter if he knows, doesn’t know or doesn’t care about the fee. Maybe he’s too stupid (and I really mean that, like a low IQ) to know the consequences of such an action. That’s why when you own a home, it’s not something you should have to think about.

“Love they neighbor”… except when they don’t pay the $75 fee, then they should all burn to death in a fire.

What about that? What if it happened in the middle of the night and no one could get out of the house? They’re passed out on the floor and the fire dept can’t go in and look?

If I was stupid enough to live in this assbackwards city, I would walk my payment down to the city office and watch them put it in the system. I’d take no chances of even mailing it.

It was precisely because the city fire team realizes that money is one thing but human life another, that they went to the fire even though it was none of their responsibility to protect that property.

ONLY when they had made sure that nothing but property was at risk did they stand aside and let it burn.

Do long term consequences and the way systems will work count with you? Do you understand the implications of your statement that if you lived in that district, you’d make sure sure sure you’d paid your subscription fee?

What you meant by that is that because the fire team protects the property of those who contribute, and not those who shirk, you want the protection and will pay for it. If the fire team promised to come whether you paid or not, only if you hadn’t paid, you’d have to pay double or something, you’d think differently. So would everybody else. Nobody would contribute up front. Without all those $75 checks, there wouldn’t be money for the fire truck. No fire truck, no response. Even if lives are at stake.

In the end, ultimately, people die if the financing of the fire response system falls through. And THAT is why the team let the place burn.