Because somebody should think of the children. And the geriatric. And the disabled. Part of the point of having a developed society with a developed healthcare system is using it to sustain people who can't sustain themselves.
I think this article isn't important because one person happened to say something rude about somebody's daughter. It's important because it's a peek into how a lot of people are actually thinking about the world, and that's pretty scary.
No hard feelings. The article is important - especially being from one of the mothers affected by the statement, her words carry more weight than others for sure.
However, i do also think her bias in the matter let the article drift from the costs of cost-cutting in health care (losing faith in a business), and slide into fearmongering. A harsh word, yes, but she has a platform, she has our attention, and she has experience where it counts, but instead of showing what we can learn from it, she decided to pull our heart strings at every turn.
Have you considered that rather than this being a calculated attempt to affect mass opinion on something, this is in fact primarily a mother expressing her distress about what she perceives as an attack on her child?
I didn't read it as trying to make any point other than "this is awful and unfair and my daughter is innocent of wrongdoing."
I don't know that it's as calculated as it seems like you think it is.
Of course i don't think it's calculated. Does the PTA mom who demands creationist teachings in school calculate exactly how to guilt trip the administration? Of course not. Rather emotion and personal morals influences their decisions.
Same here, the emotional toll and frustration derived from the comments (again, which were completely uncalled for) overly influenced the article. There is no reason for her to not be frustrated and angry, and putting that into her writing is important. It should not, however, be the primary driving force of the article, otherwise it's just plain manipulation.
> I didn't read it as trying to make any point other than "this is awful and unfair and my daughter is innocent of wrongdoing."
My point exactly. To reiterate, she had a platform, she had us listening, and she knows what she's talking about, but she missed the opportunity to spark a real discussion of how to prevent this from happening again. Instead she only focused on relating her frustration to every other parent reading, which in my opinion, can be very manipulating. Using the anger that her daughter was a target, and the fear that even though they're innocent they were punished is manipulative. "Won't somebody please think of the children?!"
I think this article isn't important because one person happened to say something rude about somebody's daughter. It's important because it's a peek into how a lot of people are actually thinking about the world, and that's pretty scary.