A child cries for candy and in the interest of keeping the peace, the mother gives in.
A young offender is caught in criminal activity and is not punished.
A business fails and is then bailed out by the government whose only source of revenue is the taxpayer.
A smoker continues to smoke and when he becomes ill is still given free and easy access to health care.
A snowboarder is 'out of bounds' and is still retrieved, time and again, by "Search and Rescue".
Thus writes Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820 - 1903)
"The Ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."
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