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==The Drowning Man==

==The Drowning Man==

No personal offense to the author, but I'd suggest removing this story completely because it doesn't convey anything positive despite the attempt at teaching about helping people to help themselves.  When a person is drowning it's because they can't swim or tread water, and the reactions in the story are just awful.  Can you imagine a lifeguard throwing a short line and expecting the victim to close the gap, or throwing a line and letting it go?  All this story does is make the conservative look unbelievably callous and the liberal unbelievably stupid, so if the intention is to make a point in a meaningful, believable way then this needs a fresh start.

No personal offense to the author, but I'd suggest removing this story completely because it doesn't convey anything positive despite the attempt at teaching about helping people to help themselves.  When a person is drowning it's because they can't swim or tread water, and the reactions in the story are just awful.  Can you imagine a lifeguard throwing a short line and expecting the victim to close the gap, or throwing a line and letting it go?  All this story does is make the conservative look unbelievably callous and the liberal unbelievably stupid, so if the intention is to make a point in a meaningful, believable way then this needs a fresh start.--[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 16:15, 13 June 2008 (EDT)