"Cheryl" > wrote in message
. ..
> "Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:14:30 -0400, "Cheryl"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
. com...
>>>
>>>> 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.
>

The measure of any culture depends largely on how it treats its elderly,
poor, and otherwise needy/helpless. I cannot believe these spiteful
mother****ers.