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Letters to the Editor | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment
"Most people get into trouble, not because of too much freedom, but because of restrictions imposed by others on their freedom."
Letters to the Editor | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment
Letters to the Editor | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment
Do-gooder harm
Having spent 25 years in the Army, much of it in command positions, I have seen the problems caused by moralistic do-gooders imposing their controls on human behavior.
Korea, July 1950: We had a beer ration of one can per man per day with a Coke for each five beers issued for non-drinkers. It was wonderful, after working a hard day in the heat and dust, to have a stream-cooled beer after supper and relax.
Then the Women's Christian Temperance Union prevailed upon Congress to deny this small pleasure to the troops. Many turned to the villages for their supplies. This often resulted in bottles containing wood alcohol and urine causing blindness and mental disorders. We evacuated good troops when we most needed them.
Fort Hood, 1968: We were experiencing road accidents as soldiers returned late at night to the barracks from a night's drinking in the surrounding towns. Post's solution: Impose a 1 a.m. curfew. Result: More severe accidents earlier as troops drank and drove faster to sign-in. My solution: Break Army regulations against drinking in the barracks and allow my troops to have beer in the company day-rooms as long as good behavior prevailed. Result: No highway accidents.
After retiring, I obtained a Ph.D in organizational behavior and management to learn more about the causes of human behavior difficulties.
While these are many, a primary cause is restricting the individual's range of discretionary behavior. Too often, when others decide what is good for another, they get it wrong.
Individuals have learned what was good for their survival over 50,000 years. Those who didn't learn are no longer with us. It is a matter of evolution.
Most people get into trouble, not because of too much freedom, but because of restrictions imposed by others on their freedom.
W.H. Kastner, Ph.D
Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)
Furman Drive
Charleston
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Midyear foreclosures up across state’s MSAs
Midyear foreclosures up across state’s MSAs
Great time to increase property tax for school construction. Are you kidding me?
Great time to increase property tax for school construction. Are you kidding me?
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