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wolven7If there were to be, tomorrow, a statement sent around the world that all children of prostitutes, addicts, and minimum wage workers were to receive substandard care, schooling, and overall benefits, what would that do to your pale, frail, fragile little mind? Would you be outraged? Would you shrug and wander off, continuing about your daily lives, as if nothing had happened, and nothing had gone wrong? What if the statement also said, by way of explaining itself. "I mean... why should we spend money on the kids of whores, junkies, and slackers?" Would you accept it, reject it, or scream, till your throat was raw?
Answer now, because you may not get anther chance. Today, look at the areas of town which may not seem so nice. Look at the poverty and the shame, and the state of living where, to survive, you may have to do some very unpleasant things. Look at these areas and realise that there are children there, receiving a level of care that would make you feel less than human, were you to live it. They Do live it, though, and some of them turn out well. Some of them go on to succeed, on a national level, in various fields and realms. But for every one that succeeds, there are 5 more who wind up in prison, for cumulatively over half of their lives. And they didn't receive a level of cash, of substance, of provisions, benefits, and considerations, that the upper, or even middle classed children get. Because, "I mean... Why should we spend money on the kids of whores, junkies, and slackers?"
Right?
I'm not saying that these kids will all grow up to be wonderful human beings, if you give them a little more support, but i am saying that they'll have a better chance of it. Nature, Nurture, and understanding. If you treat people like they aren't worth a shit, then you eventually get them to believe it. They start acting like they aren't worth shit, and then, you wonder why crime rates go up, and why shit like drug use is on the rise. Don't be surprised. "There is a reason."
Treat people like they're worth a damn, no matter where they come from, and maybe we'll be able to cut some of this shit back. Otherwise, start from the ground up.
And if you can't do that, might as well Jump.
Back later.
Answer now, because you may not get anther chance. Today, look at the areas of town which may not seem so nice. Look at the poverty and the shame, and the state of living where, to survive, you may have to do some very unpleasant things. Look at these areas and realise that there are children there, receiving a level of care that would make you feel less than human, were you to live it. They Do live it, though, and some of them turn out well. Some of them go on to succeed, on a national level, in various fields and realms. But for every one that succeeds, there are 5 more who wind up in prison, for cumulatively over half of their lives. And they didn't receive a level of cash, of substance, of provisions, benefits, and considerations, that the upper, or even middle classed children get. Because, "I mean... Why should we spend money on the kids of whores, junkies, and slackers?"
Right?
I'm not saying that these kids will all grow up to be wonderful human beings, if you give them a little more support, but i am saying that they'll have a better chance of it. Nature, Nurture, and understanding. If you treat people like they aren't worth a shit, then you eventually get them to believe it. They start acting like they aren't worth shit, and then, you wonder why crime rates go up, and why shit like drug use is on the rise. Don't be surprised. "There is a reason."
Treat people like they're worth a damn, no matter where they come from, and maybe we'll be able to cut some of this shit back. Otherwise, start from the ground up.
And if you can't do that, might as well Jump.
Back later.
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but...it's the american way!
-Patrick
Re: but...it's the american way!
Date: 2002-11-09 04:24 pm (UTC)Or did you just rig the fucking Florida vote in 2000?
I'm a proud commie, you fascist pig. *smile*
(curmudgeon general's warning: above statement requires sense of humor before reading)
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Date: 2002-11-09 09:49 pm (UTC)I agree
Date: 2002-11-09 09:51 pm (UTC)Re: but...it's the american way!
Date: 2002-11-10 12:01 pm (UTC)-Patrick
Re: but...it's the american way!
Date: 2002-11-10 01:37 pm (UTC)Re: I agree
Re: but...it's the american way!
Date: 2002-11-10 02:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-11-14 09:03 pm (UTC)