"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:14:30 -0400, "Cheryl"
> > wrote:
>
>>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om...
>>
>>> Another thing that sounds good in theory. You will probably find that
>>> most
>>> people that end up strung out on drugs got into them because they
>>> already
>>> had too much spare time on their hands. Most people who are gainfully
>>> employed and have other activities on the side don't have time for
>>> getting
>>> wasted.
>>>
>>
>>Dave, I'm not trying to isolate your post from the rest of some of what is
>>disgusting me, but I couldn't stay silent anymore. We are the fortunate
>>ones. We may not be rich, but we don't have to steal or sell drugs or
>>resort to crime to survive. Maybe some of us did at one time but have
>>pulled out of it now. Maybe that's why we're angry at those still taking.
>>I prefer to think of it as a loan. No, they might not pay it back. The
>>ones who abuse the system are the ones you think of when the word
>>"welfare"
>>comes up. Not everyone is abusing it. Some are stuck in unfortunate
>>circumstances beyond their control. Some can't get health care through a
>>legitimate job and have kids to think of.
>>
>>Ugh... I'm done. I just got sad reading some of the posts in this thread
>>where most of you posting think people who are poor are that way by
>>choice.
>>And that we're not supposed to help them. We ARE supposed to help them.
>>"
>>... there but for the grace of God go I ..."
>
>
> Thank you, Cheryl.
>
> Boron

oNe more thing while I'm up here on my soapbox. If we are all out for only
our own welfare, we are not evolved from the animals we once were. Only
humans can feel something for others, whether fellow humans or animals or
the earth we live on.

DONE.