Is there a more useless statement than “this should be free” when referring to something which isn’t? A news article on CBC is talking about how an fireworks event taking place in a public area has an entry fee. It costs the city money to run, but for some reason people believe it should be free. But what that really means is they think someone else should pay for their entertainment. No product or service is really free. As Milton Friedman used to say: there is no free lunch. But people persist with this myth.
1) It’s not a human right to get a free firework show.
2) Someone is paying for this, either those taking advantage of it, or everyone else. Why shouldn’t those taking advantage pay for it?
It’s pretty open and shut. But no one protesting such things will ever say what is really happening, they want everyone else to pay for their stuff.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/parks-canada-bytown-museum-charge-to-access-public-spot-during-sound-of-light-fireworks-1.3189476
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