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: 28/6/13 23:03 (UTC)No, but treating water as just another thing to be bought and sold is likely to result in more cases of cholera and other water-bourne diseases.
s: That you want someone to feed and to water you, but don't want to pay them.
Nope. I pay for my food and for my water. I want people who cannot afford to pay for their food or water to be fed and watered.
The fact that you don't want that reflects badly on you. Not on me.