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#132
06-06-2005, 01:06 AM
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Re: I hate poor people
Did the OP ever take a sociology or racial studies class? If he had he wouldnt have made such blatent statements. It is important to understand that socioeconomic barriers make it impossible for the avg poor person to escape poverty. While ther are exceptions, the norm will never me to rise above.
One has to consider centurys of discrimination in education, job market, and housing. My favorite analogy for the plite of a poor person is as follows. If you are to look really closely as a bird cage, you will see a single wire. You can see the bird insinde and wonder why he is stuck there. He could easily fly on either side of that measily wire. However, if u take a step back and look at the whole situation, it becomes apparent that a seris of wires makes it impossible for the bird to escape. OP is a perfect example of the fact that people of privelage, do not realize they have it. They take for granted, or even believe they deserve these privelages that many people do not have. Take some time and think about what privelages you have, then compare them to the average person, it may give you more understanding. If you would like to pursue the topic so more I can refer you to some very interesting articles. 
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#134
06-06-2005, 01:19 AM
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Re: I hate poor people
Which also brings in the lazyness issue...
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#136
06-06-2005, 01:37 AM
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Re: I hate poor people
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[censored] Lawrence is from Canada? I wouldn't have even bothered responding if i knew this. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, and he's Asian, too, so he can't really relate to being poor. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] <font color="#FFFFFF">I'm joking</font>
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#137
06-06-2005, 01:39 AM
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Re: I hate poor people
are you talking about the kind of people who use ocean finance?(that is a british loan company, specificlly for stupid poor people, with a waaay over the top apr, of something like 12%) and watch the adverts and say 'eeh, kev, that looks like a well good idea, we get some money we do!' i would have to agree with you, people who are poor because they are stupid, and get themselves in debt, and then get into even more debt, and live in council houses, are very stupid. i hate them all.
and i think most [good] poker players are of above average intelligence.
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#139
06-06-2005, 01:48 AM
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Re: I hate poor people
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#140
06-06-2005, 03:03 AM
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Re: I hate poor people
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The reason that we should help the poor is that most of them have children. I support lots of help for single mothers with children, because it's not their fault that their childrens' dads are total deadbeats. I don't support help for drug addicts who refuse to get sober and get a job, for example, but lots of people do really need the help. And I don't mind paying taxes to help them because I may be down on my luck someday. [/ QUOTE ] Actually it is the mothers fault. They are the ones that choose to sleep with the dead beat dads and then choose to have the kids when their method of birth control failed. And to be fair to the dead beat dads, most of them don't have any resources to support thier kids.
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