In-Reply-To: <97Mar11.153825est.51907(4)@lserv.utcc.utoronto.ca> Don Anderson questioned Jeremy Browne's Dickensian view on employer responsibility:- > Please excuse the apparent brusqueness of my reply. I > don't mean to be rude, Jeremy, but I am truly having trouble with your > stance. Don I can't speak for Jeremy but here in the UK, after 18 years of the Thatcher doctrine, looking out for "numero uno" seems to be a feature of life :-| If we can't contemplate any "spongers on the State" why should we expect private business to be different. I may be a "Baby Boom", State coddled, Parkinson affected cycnic but ........ ;-) No Don, I don't support Jeremy's provocative statements; but there are people out there who do :-(( . And it's frightening :-| Best wishes Bob (45/5) Leeds [log in to unmask]