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I lived in a crappy part of town when I was young. Local homeless guy I recognized, I'd give him a few bucks once in a while. I didn't know him, but everyone

by duxup 2y ago

I lived in a crappy part of town when I was young. Local homeless guy I recognized, I'd give him a few bucks once in a while. I didn't know him, but everyone recognized him. Someone mentioned to me "he's just gonna spend it on booze" (there wasn't really any evidence for that but they assumed). A friend of mine made an insightful comment "Considering his life so far, maybe he actually could use a beer more than us." (We were going to a local bar) Someone wants some skittles or something, fine by me. The idea that we should tell someone they can't have a treat because they're poor, I agree that seems cruel. Folks who really want to get those folks help / get them out of the system, they're not sweating skittles. My wife works in the school system and one of the poorer kids told her that sometimes their aunt and uncle come over and take their food. THAT is a problem, not skittles.

nothercastle 2y ago
For me it’s less about what they pick and more about not funneling more tax payer money to PepsiCo for food like products that kill people. If you are going to micro manage the program cut out all the toxic shit.
- hmcq6 2y ago
  Chiquita also kills people
  - GuestFAUniverse 2y ago
    Oh, the lovely United Fruits Company? Who dares to have a critical view into a proper history book? Everybody better read "Fahrenheit 451" too, as long as the Bro-lords don't go after it (again).
a_e_k 2y ago
There's a famous anecdote about C.S. Lewis saying much the same thing: > On the way to an Inklings meeting, he gave some money to a street beggar, and I made the usual objection: "Won't he just spend it on drink?" > Lewis answered, "Yes, but if I kept it, so would I." https://web.archive.org/web/20210717220213/https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/cs-lewis-couldnt-touch-anything-without-illuminating-it https://web.archive.org/web/20210717220213/https://www.ncron...

by duxup 2y ago

nothercastle 2y ago

For me it’s less about what they pick and more about not funneling more tax payer money to PepsiCo for food like products that kill people. If you are going to micro manage the program cut out all the toxic shit.

hmcq6 2y ago
Chiquita also kills people
- GuestFAUniverse 2y ago
  Oh, the lovely United Fruits Company? Who dares to have a critical view into a proper history book? Everybody better read "Fahrenheit 451" too, as long as the Bro-lords don't go after it (again).

a_e_k 2y ago

There's a famous anecdote about C.S. Lewis saying much the same thing: > On the way to an Inklings meeting, he gave some money to a street beggar, and I made the usual objection: "Won't he just spend it on drink?" > Lewis answered, "Yes, but if I kept it, so would I." https://web.archive.org/web/20210717220213/https://www.ncronline.org/news/media/cs-lewis-couldnt-touch-anything-without-illuminating-it https://web.archive.org/web/20210717220213/https://www.ncron...