I did define it. You must have missed the post, since you didn't respond to it. I don't know offhand what the number of the post was and don't have time to go to it now.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > I knew it would get around to this pretty quickly: the poor spend > their money > > on booze and cigarettes and on other stuff that they "shouldn't" > buy. They > > should really be more responsible, just like we are (who do not > have to put up > > with their privations). And as for the 1,000 dentists within a 50- > mile radius who > > would be happy to treat the "deserving" poor for free -- that's a > good one! > > Where on earth do you live, Shemp? Is this another Texan fantasy? > And who > > decides who is "deserving"? Do YOU have to prove you > are "deserving" when > > you get health care? Do YOU have to prove you don't smoke or > drink? > > > > > Tell you what, feste37, you answer my questions about the definition > of poverty and then I'll get around to answering YOUR question. > > And I'm not trying to just play and game of tit-for-tat with you; > the definition of poverty really is at the heart of this debate. > > I have no idea what you mean by "poverty" whereas you know what I > mean (because I've given you my definition). > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Complacent advice given by those who have much to those who > have > > > little, > > > > I'd say. I don't buy this romanticized "poor but happy" stuff. > > > What's to be happy > > > > about when your teeth are rotting and you can't afford to go > to > > > the dentist? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Show me a person who can't afford to go to the dentist and I'll > show > > > you a person who is spending his money on beer, cigarettes or > some > > > other such thing that should NOT be a priority for consumption > in > > > his or her life. > > > > > > And after you weed out the 99 of 100 "poor" people that the > above > > > description applies to and you find the actual 1 of 100 that > cannot > > > genuinely afford the dentist, I would suggest to you that there > are > > > 1,000 dentists within a 50-mile radius of that person who will > be > > > more than happy to do pro bono work for that deserving person if > > > they truly need it (and that's assuming there isn't a social > program > > > by the government that will pay for it). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 11, 2006, at 10:47 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > A minister of my acquaintance says there are two ways > > > > > > to be wealthy: One is to have a lot of money, the other > > > > > > is to have few needs. > > > > > > > > > > Yep, "live simply". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
