tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1221149246195295879..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Beggars of the World, Unite!Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-50868845468146068752019-04-12T10:33:51.704-07:002019-04-12T10:33:51.704-07:00Child begging. A sure societal sign that something...Child begging. A sure societal sign that something is wrong with the society. Around 1979 or so I was on a WESPAC and visited the Philippines and South Korea. All day, all night, in PI there were children begging on the streets. In SK early in the morning you'd see children in uniform walking to school. Late in the afternoon -LATE - you'd see them walking home. After that- you didn't see them out until the next morning, walking to school. Infrastructure in both wasn't well developed. Cars on the streets were all built somewhere else.<br /><br />10 years later same visits. PI was still backwards, nothing had changed. Well, actually, it seemed worse. Seemed more kids were begging. SK now had sewers, not a guy walking house to house collecting night soil with huge plastic containers. PI all the cars on the streets were made elsewhere. SK they were mostly Hyundais and Daewoos. Buses and heavy machinery were still dominated by Toyota and other foreign companies, but Korean nameplates were mixed in. And the kids? Walking to school in uniform early in the morning, walking home in uniform late in the evening. <br /><br />I imagine if I were to go back now, differences would be even more noticeable.Gospacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570281939230746682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36225198989641104272019-04-12T09:58:33.344-07:002019-04-12T09:58:33.344-07:00Two of our local sheriffs nearby told me there are...Two of our local sheriffs nearby told me there are an estimated 700 living in the wooded areas of our town of (estimated) 13000.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-46684759648748470942019-04-12T04:56:14.068-07:002019-04-12T04:56:14.068-07:00I refuse to call them homeless. I prefer to call t...I refuse to call them homeless. I prefer to call them bums or hobos. It’s fun having a conversation about bums when my interlocutor keeps calling them homeless and I keep calling them bums. I see them wince with discomfort. Good, I want the word to sting a little. Begging and roaming the streets drunk and sleeping in the bushes should carry some social opprobrium, especially in a wealthy country. Lunatics are a somewhat different category, but I still refuse to call them homeless. Crazy bums.<br /><br />False guilt is the primary weapon of leftist con artists. It’s how they mix shit into the souls of healthy people.UbuMaccabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237833458790876775noreply@blogger.com