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Thanks, that's one of the things that shocked me when I first read it. A lot of the replies to you are basically saying the same: it's their own fault. So I'll

Thanks, that's one of the things that shocked me when I first read it. A lot of the replies to you are basically saying the same: it's their own fault. So I'll just reply to them here: but the problem is: it doesn't matter how they got there, but they are there now! What are we going to do about it? Do you want to just ignore them and let them die on the streets? Of course not. (Well, I'll assume most people will not like that). So it does end up being "our" problem, even if it's because of bad decisions someone else made in their lives.

exelius 9y ago
This equation changes entirely if you have kids. Or a medical problem. This mentality of blaming societal problems on the individual ("I didn't have this problem, therefore anyone who does got there because of a character flaw") has to stop.
- gozur88 9y ago
  As does the mentality of blaming individual problems on society.
gozur88 9y ago
It matters to me how they got there. There's a limit to what I'm prepared to do to rescue someone from his own bad decisions. Besides, this was a point on language. If you make a lot of money but blow it all on expensive cars and travel, you're not "barely getting by".