Are you KIDDING ME? What is a life worth?

I get that if we let one person slide, then we have to let everyone slide. I have eight children that remind me of what is fair each and every day.

They also remind me that I have to be held accountable for my actions/reactions.

So when I read an article of how fire fighters didn't respond to a fire over 75$, well, I just don't know how to react.  Sure, the guy should have paid his fee.  According to the video he has paid the fee in the past, according to the article he said he didn't really think it mattered.  If they allowed him to not pay the fee and then the outskirts would ALL want services with out paying and the loss to the fire department would be big. I "get it," I really do.

But what if his wife was in there?  His child?  They didn't come AT ALL.  They knew that there was a building that people eat, sleep, LIVE in, that was a blaze and they didn't come.  It wasn't until a neighbor, who had payed the fee that year, called and said come protect my house.  Then the fire fighters sat there and what this mans entire life go up into flames.

If it were me, I would not be able to sit there and watch this mans history/legacy get erased by flames when I had gallons upon gallons of water at the ready.  I can only assume that the fire department will be held accountable for their inaction.

For the story, as opposed to my reaction, look here.

What do you think?  Are you on one side, the other?  Can you see both sides to the story?