--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 10/22/06 3:59:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > Did I say anything in this thread about the causes of poverty? > I > > > did say > > > > there is a certain mindset that one finds in the impoverished > > and > > > until they > > > > break that mind set no amount of hand outs or hand ups are > > going > > > to lift them > > > > out. And I can guarantee you that you don't understand what I > > just > > > said there.>>> > > > > > > Which shows how weak your guarentees are, since I totally > > understand > > > what you said. You said that you do not want to deal with the > > causes > > > of poverty, but just want to keep to your chant of "all Libs > want > > is > > > to give hand-outs" > > > > > > > > > I was right, you don't understand and never have. Let's start > with > > my > > > original statement. Until the poor do something worth > celebrating > > they will always > > > have misery. We can have a safety net for the poor to keep a > roof > > over their > > > head, clothes on their backs, food on the table. I have no > problem > > with that. > > > I have no problem with providing free or low cost education or > > training for > > > the poor. But until they are willing to take advantage of these > > things > > > offered to them to better themselves financially they will > always > > be miserable. > > > Some people just need to discipline themselves to stay in school > > and get a high > > > school diploma instead of dropping out and hanging with a gang > and > > getting in > > > trouble. Others need to break the cycle of having babies while > > they are still > > > babies themselves. Being a teenage mother is almost a guarantee > > of living in > > > poverty for the rest of your life. Some people just need to get > > off drugs > > > which requires discipline from their side. There can be > > innumerable reasons why > > > people are in poverty but at least in the United States the > > opportunities > > > are there for most to take advantage of to improve themselves > > but it is going > > > to require some effort and commitment from the impoverished > > person to get > > > out. That is what I meant by saying until they do something > worth > > *celebrating*. > > > Staying in school, not having babies until they are financially > > secure, > > > staying out of trouble with the law, getting a job and learning > > to be dependable > > > and responsible, taking advantage of all the programs available > > to improve > > > oneself, like learning a trade of value.>>> > > > > > > I won't dignify your pathetic understandning of the causes and > > environment of poverty with a response. You think like a (dumb ) > 10 > > year old. > > > > OffWorld > > > > ...and the list grows. > > He's > > 1) retarded; > > 2) a dumbass; and > > 3) dumb. >>
No , that would be you that threw the retarded comment around. Not me. OffWorld 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
