There Will Always Be Poor People

Shalimar said:
Excuse me, SkyKing, but I was not personally targeting you or any other Poster on this thread. The truly unkind comments on this thread have been directed toward the poor, and the stubborn insistence that they are primarily, in most cases, the arbiters of,their own misfortune. Those that advocate this miissperception, have been treated far less harshly than the individuals they are throwing under the bus for not pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. I was expressing my opinion through satirical humour, Canadians are prone to that. I used descriptive, perhaps as a poet, lyrical adjectives, but hardly frenzied ones. Nor was I changing the subject. Life is a metaphor, after all.
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C'mon now using your words, perhaps those of us who mentally masturbate to throw the helpless under the bus, we Captains of Blame, Aficionados of Ann Randian Sociopathy, forever sailing on the GoodShip Self-Righteous in our self serving mud puddles might just think your tones a bit harsh and frenzied when we commit the sin of all sins...disagreeing with the liberal mantra. While I give you points for being creatively insulting, I can't say that you, or those that depict us as vultures dropping the oppressed over a cliff, deserve applause for this form of verbal discourse. In no way does this rhetoric advance the discussion of the issues here. Instead we are alienating each other and other members of the forum in a way that hurts us all. For my part in this I apologize and wish to turn the rhetoric down and I hope others might do the same.
 

Actually SkyKing, I believe I was the person with the alleged frenzied adjectives. So perhaps as a member of The Great Northern Socialist Horde, and denizen of The Dreaded Welfare State, I should also be ducking the proverbial tossed shoe. Size 7 Aaa please. Lol.
 
Skyking said:
C'mon now using your words, perhaps those of us who mentally masturbate to throw the helpless under the bus, we Captains of Blame, Aficionados of Ann Randian Sociopathy, forever sailing on the GoodShip Self-Righteous in our self serving mud puddles might just think your tones a bit harsh and frenzied when we commit the sin of all sins...disagreeing with the liberal mantra. While I give you points for being creatively insulting, I can't say that you, or those that depict us as vultures dropping the oppressed over a cliff, deserve applause for this form of verbal discourse. In no way does this rhetoric advance the discussion of the issues here. Instead we are alienating each other and other members of the forum in a way that hurts us all. For my part in this I apologize and wish to turn the rhetoric down and I hope others might do the same.
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I know you're new but just so you know, we don't pay by the word here.
 

Just read your last post, SkyKing. I, too, agree to a truce as it were. It does not help encourage honest debate, if feelings are hurt in the process. Pax from across the great socio-political divide that separates us. I apologize for any hurt I may have caused to any poster on this thread.
 
Shalimar said:
Just read your last post, SkyKing. I, too, agree to a truce as it were. It does not help encourage honest debate, if feelings are hurt in the process. Pax from across the great socio-political divide that separates us. I apologize for any hurt I may have caused to any poster on this thread.
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*faintly drifting in on the breeze the sound of Kumbaya, the swishing of of olive branches is also heard*
 
Shalimar, I always tell my wife "So and so torques me off" To that she replies, "who don't". That's just me. I just like to argue too much. Bad habit. Peace and Kumbaya. `
 
Mine either, SkyKing. When you have four people trained in university debating clubs, mixed with a healthy dose of Celtic temperament, a certain cooling off period is encouraged, particularly since murder is frowned on! Lol
 
Skyking said:
In no way does this rhetoric advance the discussion of the issues here. Instead we are alienating each other and other members of the forum in a way that hurts us all. For my part in this I apologize and wish to turn the rhetoric down and I hope others might do the same.
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Shalimar said:
Just read your last post, SkyKing. I, too, agree to a truce as it were. It does not help encourage honest debate, if feelings are hurt in the process. Pax from across the great socio-political divide that separates us. I apologize for any hurt I may have caused to any poster on this thread.
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:applause2:
 
"One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country for the sole purpose of showing his son how it was to be poor. They spent a few days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

After their return from the trip, the father asked his son how he liked the trip. “It was great, Dad,” the son replied. “Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked. “Oh Yeah,” said the son.

“So what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father. The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.”

The boy’s father was speechless. Then his son added, “It showed me just how poor we really are.” ~(I don't know who wrote this)
 
Lara said:
"One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country for the sole purpose of showing his son how it was to be poor. They spent a few days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

After their return from the trip, the father asked his son how he liked the trip. “It was great, Dad,” the son replied. “Did you see how poor people can be?” the father asked. “Oh Yeah,” said the son.

“So what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father. The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.”

The boy’s father was speechless. Then his son added, “It showed me just how poor we really are.” ~(I don't know who wrote this)
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AMEN! Since we retired to the country, we have developed a whole new appreciation for the rural areas. Wealth is Not Always represented by the size of a persons bank account.
 
Don M. said:
AMEN! Since we retired to the country, we have developed a whole new appreciation for the rural areas. Wealth is Not Always represented by the size of a persons bank account.
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That's for sure! I saw many very happy people in Uganda who had no money and little possessions. But they had each other, food, water, clean air, blue skies.
 
Skyking said:
C'mon now using your words, perhaps those of us who mentally masturbate to throw the helpless under the bus, we Captains of Blame, Aficionados of Ann Randian Sociopathy, forever sailing on the GoodShip Self-Righteous in our self serving mud puddles might just think your tones a bit harsh and frenzied when we commit the sin of all sins...disagreeing with the liberal mantra. While I give you points for being creatively insulting, I can't say that you, or those that depict us as vultures dropping the oppressed over a cliff, deserve applause for this form of verbal discourse. In no way does this rhetoric advance the discussion of the issues here. Instead we are alienating each other and other members of the forum in a way that hurts us all. For my part in this I apologize and wish to turn the rhetoric down and I hope others might do the same.
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lol I love it-- passive-aggressive with a lingering after taste of sarcasm.
 
Shalimar said:
It seems obvious to me that when those of us who feel compassion for the plight of the poor express our disappointment in the blame the victim mentality (yes most are victims, not lazy, drug addicts, criminals etc.) promoted quite freely on this thread, we get our fingers slapped, verbally speaking. Should we object, we are then targeted as mean-spirited, far-left verbal goons. I have yet to meet any far-left posters on this thread, only moderates. Come to Canada if you wish to see people who are truly socialist in their thinking, ie Green Party. No, I am centre left, not far left. Yet....Lol.
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lol, love it. Passive-aggressive with just lingering after taste of sarcasm


met the Canadian socialists - your right about that.
 
Speaking of Mother Theresa, seeing the poorest of the poor, beggars with leprosy in India really opened my eyes as to how wealthy we are here in the west, even tho we may struggle to make ends meet.
 
True Cookie, no matter how poorly any of us do, someone somewhere has it much much worse.
 

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