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Weāre Americans, we donāt get knighted. So drop the āSirā nonsense!
We work, but we donāt worship those who donāt contribute, ie, the wealthy!
Itās like this:
http://www.gocomics.com/thefuscobrothers
^^ Over-generalization, Ushindi. Youāre buying into the ādemonize the poorā propaganda. Iāve seen some who are rather fastidious, sober, and intelligent. Sometimes even all at once!
No, fritzoid, ādemonize the poorā has absolutely nothing to do with it. Iāve BEEN poor. I speak of the preponderance of the homeless Iāve seen.
And were you unwise and smelly, unclear of eye and assisted by chemicals? Maybe you were, but āthe preponderanceā is not the same as āonly in comics (are they otherwise)ā. I led with āover-generalizationā for that reason, which I see as demonization.
Frankly, given that a substantial proportion of the homeless are mentally ill to a greater or lesser degree, āfreedom from chemical assistanceā isnāt necessarily a good thing; if you can function while taking your meds, you can cease functioning quickly if you go off them, and once youāve started downwards itās hard to reverse. (Iāve been there too, but caught it in time.) Substance abuse can lead to mental illness, but mental illness can also lead to substance abuse (āself-medicationā). Both can lead to poverty, but poverty can easily be fallen into without either, as well. (Likewise, many of the middling-to-wealthy are no more sane or chemically free than the homeless, especially considering that alcohol is the most-abused and most-destructive drug out there.) Itās been said that all too many of us are no more than two (or even one) paychecks away from homelessness, and many of the homeless simply are not capable of holding down a job, and to paint them with the broadbrush of āfilthy, lazy, insane and addictedā is to cease to see them as human beings. To accordingly write them off is to risk losing oneās own humanity.
randayn over 14 years ago
Sounds like bum advice.
Charles Brobst Premium Member over 14 years ago
Weāre Americans, we donāt get knighted. So drop the āSirā nonsense! We work, but we donāt worship those who donāt contribute, ie, the wealthy! Itās like this: http://www.gocomics.com/thefuscobrothers
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
Thatās whatās wrong in the U.S. Everyone is entitled, but no one wants to workā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
except the illegalsā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦.
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
May I be an illegal? Would probably earn more, thank you Mr. Bush!
lewisbower over 14 years ago
If the Constitution doesnāt say a word about the right to work, do you suppose we have to earn it?
jpozenel over 14 years ago
Well, he does talk to homeless bums.
Ushindi over 14 years ago
Only in the comics are they wise and un-smelly, clear of eye and free of chemical assistanceā¦
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
^^ Over-generalization, Ushindi. Youāre buying into the ādemonize the poorā propaganda. Iāve seen some who are rather fastidious, sober, and intelligent. Sometimes even all at once!
Ushindi over 14 years ago
No, fritzoid, ādemonize the poorā has absolutely nothing to do with it. Iāve BEEN poor. I speak of the preponderance of the homeless Iāve seen.
fritzoid Premium Member over 14 years ago
And were you unwise and smelly, unclear of eye and assisted by chemicals? Maybe you were, but āthe preponderanceā is not the same as āonly in comics (are they otherwise)ā. I led with āover-generalizationā for that reason, which I see as demonization.
Frankly, given that a substantial proportion of the homeless are mentally ill to a greater or lesser degree, āfreedom from chemical assistanceā isnāt necessarily a good thing; if you can function while taking your meds, you can cease functioning quickly if you go off them, and once youāve started downwards itās hard to reverse. (Iāve been there too, but caught it in time.) Substance abuse can lead to mental illness, but mental illness can also lead to substance abuse (āself-medicationā). Both can lead to poverty, but poverty can easily be fallen into without either, as well. (Likewise, many of the middling-to-wealthy are no more sane or chemically free than the homeless, especially considering that alcohol is the most-abused and most-destructive drug out there.) Itās been said that all too many of us are no more than two (or even one) paychecks away from homelessness, and many of the homeless simply are not capable of holding down a job, and to paint them with the broadbrush of āfilthy, lazy, insane and addictedā is to cease to see them as human beings. To accordingly write them off is to risk losing oneās own humanity.