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Originally Posted by u-Bob
I walked around those kids too on many occasions, but while I did nothing to help them I also did nothing to hurt them. I didn't rob them and I didn't encourage a 3rd party (the state) to tax them and use that tax money to build nice roads for me.
While the whole "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" concept is indeed not for everyone, I think more people should consider the easier version: "Don't do unto others what you wouldn't like them to do unto you".
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We are part of the problem then... we don't have to cause direct harm to them, ignoring them helps keep the problem going.
Think how bad it would suck for them, if we had trash roads, no safety services, if it was dirt they truly slept in within our cities, if they had no food banks, or places to sleep on cold nights, no public transportation, no welfare, school lunch programs, even education or subsidized housing that have helped tens of millions of Americans.
Reality is, we do step around them... we live in a world filled with personal greed and attachment to everything around us.
That fake dollar, setup by the State, (as well as gold, our tv, a loaf of bread, etc) has more value to us than a human life.