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<blockquote data-quote="Rez Exelon" data-source="post: 4041006" data-attributes="member: 5800"><p>You know, the funny thing is that people smarter than both of us probably would have also looked at the kid and had some compassion. Setting black and white rules in a world of gray situations has always struck me as a bad idea. I know there have been times in my life where I was in the kids position and someone said yes. I can remember it now as a positive. I can also remember times where someone was a giant Richard. Sadly in the "Richard" cases that was usually someone in a religious position ruining their witness since at least the people in the secular world don't claim the same ideals and values. </p><p></p><p>But to say "if you have any respect for yourself and want to move forward as a human with self-respect for your ability survive on your own without handouts from the community" is bull crap and despite our contentious history I really hope you might have phrased your idea poorly. We might as well just stop all charity work. Social programs. Heck, we can go further and just start purging undesireables right? I mean, screw all those people that really need help --- probably just throw those babies our with the bathwater.</p><p></p><p>I'm not even going to dignify the radical topic shift to a question like reparations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rez Exelon, post: 4041006, member: 5800"] You know, the funny thing is that people smarter than both of us probably would have also looked at the kid and had some compassion. Setting black and white rules in a world of gray situations has always struck me as a bad idea. I know there have been times in my life where I was in the kids position and someone said yes. I can remember it now as a positive. I can also remember times where someone was a giant Richard. Sadly in the "Richard" cases that was usually someone in a religious position ruining their witness since at least the people in the secular world don't claim the same ideals and values. But to say "if you have any respect for yourself and want to move forward as a human with self-respect for your ability survive on your own without handouts from the community" is bull crap and despite our contentious history I really hope you might have phrased your idea poorly. We might as well just stop all charity work. Social programs. Heck, we can go further and just start purging undesireables right? I mean, screw all those people that really need help --- probably just throw those babies our with the bathwater. I'm not even going to dignify the radical topic shift to a question like reparations. [/QUOTE]
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