Compassion anyone?
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talkpoliticsI cannot understand this whole SNAP debacle that is being played out and talked about. I do not understand how ANYONE can be against feeding the hungry. I am willing to concede that there will be waste and fraud. I cannot imagine what system(s) would not have *some* waste and fraud. That said, waste and fraud are bad, but, let's not go throwing the baby out with the bath water, eh?
Food is NOT an option for people. Neither is water. These two things are HUMAN RIGHTS as far as I am concerned. Nobody, anywhere, should be deprived of access to food and water. And you know what, these things, in their most basic form (ie. basic food staples, not fancy food feasts), should be free. That's right, free. For *every single person*.
I understand that to some cold-hearted demons out there, people only deserve food and water if they *work* for it. Well fuck that. Work is not the pre-requisite, IMO, for food or water. Those should be denied to NOBODY.
I have a question to ask folks here, and I'm not sure I will be able to stomach the responses, but here goes:
Under what circumstances should a hungry person be denied food/water?
Food is NOT an option for people. Neither is water. These two things are HUMAN RIGHTS as far as I am concerned. Nobody, anywhere, should be deprived of access to food and water. And you know what, these things, in their most basic form (ie. basic food staples, not fancy food feasts), should be free. That's right, free. For *every single person*.
I understand that to some cold-hearted demons out there, people only deserve food and water if they *work* for it. Well fuck that. Work is not the pre-requisite, IMO, for food or water. Those should be denied to NOBODY.
I have a question to ask folks here, and I'm not sure I will be able to stomach the responses, but here goes:
Under what circumstances should a hungry person be denied food/water?
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Date: 26/6/13 20:13 (UTC)It's also heart breaking seeing this much ink spilled over essentially a no brainer of an ethical question too. Although I suspect you're seeing a lot low-grade trolling on both posts because of who the two original posters are. In the other post, one person was VERY upset that I brought up Marco Rubio in a thread (the dry mouth speech / bottle water awkward grab off screen incident), and they were outraged because they HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME with public speaking. HOW dare we make fun of Marco Rubio!?!
The variance in empathic skills on the two subjects (Marco Rubio's speech gaffe versus hunger and no water) is just astonishing to me.
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