Today, I arrived shortly after an auto accident had occured. The car had gone off the road, through a fence, flipped, and landed in a creek. The rescue workers arrived shortly after I did, and immediately went to work. While a couple checked the driver to make sure he was stable, the others began cutting the fence apart. This struck me. No one there attemped to argue with them or stop them. That fence was installed by a farmer. He paid for it; he did all the work; he owned it. And they tore it out without the slightest consideration as to how much it might cost him to replace it. You see, here in the US, we value human life. The preservation of life is everyone's responsibility. That driver needed help. The farmer will have to pay to replace his own fence, but that is his part in helping to save human life.
In some countries, I have heard, this is not the case. Life-saving efforts may be hampered or stopped by individuals insisting on payment for damages to their property. Sometimes a badly injured driver may be chased all the way to the hospital by those insisting that he pay for the damages he just caused.
I'm happy I live in the United States.
Here in the US, we feel that the preservation of life is everyone's responsibility.
2 comments:
Too bad we aren't for preserving all innocent human lives. We give more consideration to puppies than unborn babies.
I was thinking the same thing. Some friends of mine just brought home a healthy baby, delivered at 27 months. Abortions happen AFTER this stage, and this is most certainly a human being!
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