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What deserves mention here is an observation that one is bound to create a cauldron of controversy with the above argument. Namely, if the plight of the aged is to generate so little concern and compassion that nobody should feel any compunction about leaving them to their fate, then children, being just as useless, do not deserve any higher degree of recognition. And yet, on and off, word would spread through the grapevine about the condition of our schools being a far cry from what it is expected to be. Consequently, the need for investing more money in education is invariably highlighted. Not surprisingly, everyone recoils in outright horror at the very suggestion of not complying with this demand. So, to stretch this point to its logical conclusion, we see a fine line separating children from the eldery while, providing our only criterion is usefulness, creating such a line is more of a prejudice than sound reasoning.