Posted by AuntieMel on November 17, 2005, at 13:17:03
In reply to Re: US Bill of Non-Rights (an email I rec'd) » crazy teresa, posted by alexandra_k on November 14, 2005, at 18:07:09
"because what i find hardest to take...
the thing that i really do have to say i find the hardest to take...
is the 'couch potato' thing.i had failed to appreciate...
just how many people do believe...
or how many people think it is perfectly acceptable to express...
comments to the effect that people are poor because they are lazy.now at this point i'm probably over-reacting...
but everytime you think 'poor' in a sentance...
try replacing the word 'poor' for the name 'alexandra_k'
and if that doesn't do it for you...
how about engaging in a little imaginitive exercise... just to humour me... how about imagining that for some totally bizzare reason you lose everything you have and try replacing the word 'poor' with your name."---------------------
Alex - I was poor once myself. When I first went to college I qualified for every government help out there - grants, loans, work-study - you name it I could get it.
So, I don't think all people are poor because they are lazy. And I believe there should (and there are) programs for those without resources to 'equalize.'
You are in school, so you don't even come close to being a couch potato.
But - humans being what they are, not all the same, I do believe that there *are* people who would happily not work as long as they can get around it. And it's those people who I don't believe my hard work should support.
But, all that aside, CT posted something she thought was funny and light hearted. I thought bits of it were pretty funny myself.
I think sometimes things should just be left at face value.
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