Quote:
Originally Posted by redpoint5
I also think that's part of the specialization of society and the dependency of government we've grown accustomed to.
|
Right. As Heinlein said:
Quote:
|
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
|
We all specialize, I've done it in a few fields. But I'm proficient in several, dabbled in many and read details of many more. I'm not an EMT, but somewhere in my parents' attic is a first aid merit badge that I earned many moons ago, and under my general authority as a concerned citizen, I'll use it. Always a bummer when you just stop to help and basically get deputized for the afternoon, but you've got to do what you've got to do.
I've never butchered an animal, though. Hell, I was in my 20s before I carved the turkey.