"society does not grant [...] protection for free. Nor does it expect to get the short end of the deal. It [...] expects [its] stake to be rewarded [...] mhartl

"society does not grant [...] protection for free. Nor does it expect to get the short end of the deal. It [...] expects [its] stake to be rewarded [...] mhartl's implication [...] represents [...] arrogance [...] It is supremely egocentric [...]" There is a certain amusement in seeing a lecture about what "society" surely thinks and expects from all of us followed up with accusations of arrogance and egocentricity.