Where one might embrace government intervention

A great letter with a great message about the importance of government - in and out of times of emergency...

PERHAPS NATURE’S catastrophic salvo of destruction against Japan and its people will cause the rugged individualists populating the American Republican Party to reconsider their disdain for government. The idea that government is like some “break glass in case of emergency’’ device that can be activated instantly when needed is a fool’s illusion. Far from being the problem, government is society’s collective mechanism shielding us from the vicissitudes of life. ~ Berge Tatian, Stoneham [Original Letter: Boston Globe]