Comments on: What the Heck is Going On? http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/09/21/what-the-heck-is-going-on/ The new blog of F. Nicholas (Nick) Jacobs, FACHE, author of Taking the Hell Out of Healthcare Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:28:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nick Jacobs http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/09/21/what-the-heck-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Nick Jacobs Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:25:09 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1391#comment-663 It's taken me 62 years to figure that out, and I'm still working hard at it. You see, it is my fundamental belief that doing good for the right reasons is always the correct thing to do. The problem is that, my opposition thinks that as well, and the bigger problem is; how does one define what is GOOD. For example, allowing another human being to suffer and possibly die because they have no medical coverage in one of the world's richest countries doesn't seem right, but there are actually religions that teach its members that God selects those who should receive the gifts and they should not share those gifts because they have been individually chosen to have more abundance. Yikes. That's almost a "Don't do unto others . . . "philosophy. I'm not religious, but I am spiritual, and when someone is screaming at me, I immediately go into an analytical mode. It always makes me wonder what has caused their deep passion. Is it a low self-image, abuse as a child, deep insecurities, a lousy homelife? Usually, I end up trying to disarm them intellectually, and when that fails, one must realize that 10% of people will never go along with CHANGE of any kind, and safety to them is the status quo . . . no matter what the price. That's when I calmly walk away and take my blood pressure meds. It’s taken me 62 years to figure that out, and I’m still working hard at it. You see, it is my fundamental belief that doing good for the right reasons is always the correct thing to do. The problem is that, my opposition thinks that as well, and the bigger problem is; how does one define what is GOOD.

For example, allowing another human being to suffer and possibly die because they have no medical coverage in one of the world’s richest countries doesn’t seem right, but there are actually religions that teach its members that God selects those who should receive the gifts and they should not share those gifts because they have been individually chosen to have more abundance.

Yikes. That’s almost a “Don’t do unto others . . . “philosophy. I’m not religious, but I am spiritual, and when someone is screaming at me, I immediately go into an analytical mode. It always makes me wonder what has caused their deep passion. Is it a low self-image, abuse as a child, deep insecurities, a lousy homelife? Usually, I end up trying to disarm them intellectually, and when that fails, one must realize that 10% of people will never go along with CHANGE of any kind, and safety to them is the status quo . . . no matter what the price.

That’s when I calmly walk away and take my blood pressure meds.

]]> By: Betsy Kuhn http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/09/21/what-the-heck-is-going-on/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Betsy Kuhn Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:10:15 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=1391#comment-662 Great posting. What I can't figure out is, how do we effectively counter these people? How do you challenge someone who's rude, loud, and believes crazy things? How does someone who believes in the Golden Rule take on someone who doesn't without resorting to their lowly tactics? Great posting. What I can’t figure out is, how do we effectively counter these people? How do you challenge someone who’s rude, loud, and believes crazy things? How does someone who believes in the Golden Rule take on someone who doesn’t without resorting to their lowly tactics?

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