See? You make my very point! In my ignorance, I "assume" there will be food from the harvest for the ones who harvest. At least it is that way in my backyard (mostly organic) garden. . . and therefore I extend my reality into my worldview and mistakenly project the rest of the world must be somewhat like that.
Reality is much bleaker, I am afraid. Daily I am reminded how remote I am from the terrors of poverty. Even though I drive a 1976 non-restored Ford pick-up as my own personal atransportation, the action lacks the terror of knowing I have to depend on that truck for my only source of transportation. I am educated, relatively debt-free, not of any minority (unless you consider Christians to be a minority) - what could I possibly "know" about poverty? Very, very little. I spent three years in Peace Corps in Africa; I am working with a Mexican orphanage to improve their conditions. I have seen great poverty. In every case, I was little more than a wayfarer with a return ticket in my pocket. What do I really know about poverty? Very, very little! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eddie D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fishing for a living > Doug, > Many of the commercial fishers/crabbers/lobsterers, and what have you cant > afford to eat what they catch. Everything they catch, for the most part, > must be sold to keep up with bills, feed the family, and everything. Around > here, crabs are the big thing. A bushel of crabs from the store runs for > about 120...the guy that sold the bushel got 40 dollars for it. To save a > bushel of crabs for the family to eat, thats losing 40 dollars, so you can > have fun working your lobster boat, but be prepared to pay for all the > lobster you can eat:) > > -Eddie > > >
