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Society or you?

  • 08-07-2011 9:04pm
    #1
    JOSman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 500 ✭✭✭


    Just out of curiosity, does society owe you or do you owe society?


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  • #2
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,751 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    JOSman wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, does society owe you or do you owe society?

    Society is my bitch


  • #3
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    Its a 50/50 thing.


  • #4
    Forest Master
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Forest Master


    JOSman wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, does society owe you or do you owe society?

    Neither.


  • #5
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    It's mutual - I have to participate appropriately to benefit appropriately.


  • #6
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    I owe society some awesomeness.


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  • #7
    Needler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Needler


    I Spunge off society


  • #8
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    JOSman wrote: »
    Just out of curiosity, does society owe you or do you owe society?

    Neither, I like to keep society out of my affairs.


  • #9
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do.... hahaha.... **** that ****..


  • #10
    MungBean
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭MungBean


    Society ruined my life, it owes me big time.


  • #11
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Owe what?


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  • #12
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,644 ✭✭✭cml387


    "There is no such thing as society"

    Some woman or other said that,dashed if I can remember who.


  • #13
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    cml387 wrote: »
    "There is no such thing as society"

    Some woman or other said that,dashed if I can remember who.
    Maggie Thatcher .

    I'm sorry society ,it's not you , it's me ....

    /ends relationship with society


  • #14
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    Neither and both.

    If you wish take anything from society, you must also give to it, and visa versa.

    If you opt out (which is pretty uncommon and hard to do), then you don't 'owe' anything.

    It's like anything in life;
    Give as much as you take.


  • #15
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Hmm, that's my dilema with the revenue people at the moment.


  • #16
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Kevin Duffy wrote: »
    It's mutual - I have to participate appropriately to benefit appropriately.

    excellent answer


  • #17
    Sticky_Fingers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭Sticky_Fingers


    flutterflye wrote: »
    Neither and both.

    If you wish take anything from society, you must also give to it, and visa versa.

    If you opt out (which is pretty uncommon and hard to do), then you don't 'owe' anything.

    It's like anything in life;
    Give as much as you take.
    The highlighted section caught my eye because I was thinking about it the other day. Can anyone really escape from society, I mean will they be allowed to leave and live their lives however they see fit without "society" sticking their nose in.

    If for example I was to move to the West and live in a stone cottage, not claiming any benefits or relying on others for my own wellbeing is is right that I am still bound by certain laws that are designed supposedly to look after the greater good?


  • #18
    ReReginald
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭ReReginald


    we owe ourselves dignity

    the individual will know themselves whether her/she acted with dignity in life given the cards they were dealt.


  • #19
    Dangerous Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Dangerous Man


    Don't think of it in terms of 'owing.' Think of it in terms of 'contributing.' The more connected you feel to a certain society the more likely you are to contribute to it and want it to flourish. The less connected you feel, the more likely you are to not care too much - or even resent 'society.'


  • #20
    James T Kirk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭James T Kirk


    Sticky_Fingers wrote: »
    The highlighted section caught my eye because I was thinking about it the other day. Can anyone really escape from society, I mean will they be allowed to leave and live their lives however they see fit without "society" sticking their nose in.

    If for example I was to move to the West and live in a stone cottage, not claiming any benefits or relying on others for my own wellbeing is is right that I am still bound by certain laws that are designed supposedly to look after the greater good?
    Watch Rambo: First Blood for handy tips.


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