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Originally posted by Melusine:
Couldn't have said it better!
250, everybody is accountable for their own problems? Boy, am I glad you're one of the few who think that, otherwise this world would be a horrible place.
I thought Neb's post was very wellwritten and I agree with it for the most part. Harkoliar, that was a good comment you made about beggars. Where I live, almost all beggars are drug/drink abusers who ended up on the street as adults. I never give them money because they'd only spend it on drugs and I think I could use it better. In this, I don't agree with Neb, as I will never give such people money. However, I have brought one beggar that we knew a little bit a warm plate of food on a few occasions, and in this my opinion differs from 250's - I think they certainly deserve help, and I'm all for the beggar shelters we have in Amsterdam (where they can get a cup of coffee, a meal and a place to sleep). Such a darwinist view of leaving the weak to their own devices is despicable to me.
Anyway, the distinction was well made, because I can certainly imagine giving money to the kind of beggars you are talking about. This would be different for every country/culture.
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have you thought why they are in the state they are?
why did you offer help to them?
what made you offer help to these people, and not the drunks?
let me ASSUME that those you helped are "nice" and "poor" correct?
so why are they poor? have you ever asked? what made them the way they are?
If you search carefully, they are accountable for their situation, without single exception, yes, everyone of them is.
after all:
he chose where to be
he chose how to act
he chose what stock to pick
he chose what job to do
he chose whom to marry
he chose what to concentrate on
he chose what t believe
he chose when to go along
he chose when to resist
he chose whom to trust
he chose what bank to put in his money
he chose to help that person
he chose to avoid
he chose to what to say about
:
Self
Others
Risks
Needs
Rights
look carefully, everyone IS responsible for his live and the way he is