Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
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It is a different type of problem when you can feed one to obesity and malnutrition with only $6 a day, while you cannot afford to provide yourself what is considered poverty line in 2010 standard, like a roof over your head, bathroom, medication, K12 education, etc. I think the amount of people that are not hungry but are homeless (or marginally homeless like squatting at public area), or are rejected life supporting medication due to afford-ability are a much bigger problem.
I think that Tempest's main theme is "what's the problem?". That's if I'm reading between the lines accurately. I mean, he puts up a show, but I think he just doesn't see these issues as something to be dealt with. They may make interesting reading, but ...so
Basically he doesn't see it as his problem, nor society's ..nor something to be corrected. He certainly doesn't want to pay for it either directly or via proxy.
Nothing wrong with that view, per se~. It appears dispassionate ..and I believe in his case that it surely is ..to the point of visceral and punative contempt, but the basic concept is not too flawed. "Not my problem"
I on the other hand tend to look at things as a package and realize that I will be coping with the fall out of anything and everything and that I cannot cope with it well by myself.
Those things would also fall into the "my problem" category under "Natural Law".
You seem to forget that a large portion of the unemployed population does not want to work and will not work no matter what opportunitities are available.
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It is a different type of problem when you can feed one to obesity and malnutrition with only $6 a day, while you cannot afford to provide yourself what is considered poverty line in 2010 standard, like a roof over your head, bathroom, medication, K12 education, etc. I think the amount of people that are not hungry but are homeless (or marginally homeless like squatting at public area), or are rejected life supporting medication due to afford-ability are a much bigger problem.
I think that Tempest's main theme is "what's the problem?". That's if I'm reading between the lines accurately. I mean, he puts up a show, but I think he just doesn't see these issues as something to be dealt with. They may make interesting reading, but ...so
Basically he doesn't see it as his problem, nor society's ..nor something to be corrected. He certainly doesn't want to pay for it either directly or via proxy.
Nothing wrong with that view, per se~. It appears dispassionate ..and I believe in his case that it surely is ..to the point of visceral and punative contempt, but the basic concept is not too flawed. "Not my problem"
I on the other hand tend to look at things as a package and realize that I will be coping with the fall out of anything and everything and that I cannot cope with it well by myself.
Those things would also fall into the "my problem" category under "Natural Law".
You seem to forget that a large portion of the unemployed population does not want to work and will not work no matter what opportunitities are available.
