"There Won't Be Enough Lifeguards To Help Everyone!!"



A person is drowning.  In a few moments, that person will have fluid fill their lungs instead of air.  In a few moments, that person will die.

Some people will try to help that person.

Some people will try to get out of the way so that others can help the drowning person.

Some people will yell at the drowning person, "Learn to swim, ya bum!  You're cluttering up the pool with your talentless body!  Quit dirtying it up for the rest of us!"  These people might even chastise those who are trying to help the drowning person.  They might even suggest that if the lifeguard helps the drowning person, then there will not be enough help to go around when other, more deserving people are in need of assistance.

Now try to imagine this scenario in terms of our current health care debate.

There are many people who would not help those in need, and one of the reasons for not helping those in need is because it would, somehow, hurt others.

I believe it is a sign of severe mental illness, perhaps a kind of psychosis, to hear the sentence, "I want to help people," and have it altered in your head to mean "I want to hurt you."