Name: Anonymous 2010-03-26 4:25
I have stolen food from grocery stores in my lifetime, because I was hungry. I have broken into cars because I couldn't afford rent. I have lied in order to receive medical treatment, and I have also lied in order to receive prescription drugs, in order to sell them and make money.
You wouldn't sit there in a ditch and die, you're right. And you wouldn't think that you were entitled to someone else's money, either. Not until you saw someone rich; someone spending $50 on a meal while you are hungry and have no money; someone who drives a new Hummer when every job within walking distance of your home is filled; someone who wastes that which you spend your life so desperately trying to attain.
You will do what you have to in order to survive. If society puts someone into a position whereby they cannot provide for themselves, they will take from others. Is this the fault of the individual who wishes merely for survival, or of those who waste the means of survival while others go without?
I was fortunate, and managed to get into college, whereby I was able to get grants, loans, and eventually a work-study position. I know many who were not so fortunate. There are many who are still stealing to eat, to have a roof, and simply to live. And they watch the waste of everyone else float by them.
You will never know just how wasteful you are until you are impoverished. And once you are, you will never be wadteful again.
You wouldn't sit there in a ditch and die, you're right. And you wouldn't think that you were entitled to someone else's money, either. Not until you saw someone rich; someone spending $50 on a meal while you are hungry and have no money; someone who drives a new Hummer when every job within walking distance of your home is filled; someone who wastes that which you spend your life so desperately trying to attain.
You will do what you have to in order to survive. If society puts someone into a position whereby they cannot provide for themselves, they will take from others. Is this the fault of the individual who wishes merely for survival, or of those who waste the means of survival while others go without?
I was fortunate, and managed to get into college, whereby I was able to get grants, loans, and eventually a work-study position. I know many who were not so fortunate. There are many who are still stealing to eat, to have a roof, and simply to live. And they watch the waste of everyone else float by them.
You will never know just how wasteful you are until you are impoverished. And once you are, you will never be wadteful again.