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Originally Posted by MetroPornTour
Everything you say is to prove one point.... YOUR POINT.
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Just as everything you say is to prove your point (or insult those of differing opinion). Hello pot, meet kettle.
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Originally Posted by MetroPornTour
You damn well know that a person's home is completely different then an entire country. People move into countries and set up homes! One has nothing to do with the other.
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Not at all. A country and a household are exactly the same thing, only the scale is different. Both are collective endeavours intended to protect and improve the lives of the residents.
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Originally Posted by MetroPornTour
But to indulge you a little bit. Unless they bring guns, drugs or are hidding from a most wanted list. I don't turn anyone away from my doors. In our last place we had people in sleeping bags on our floor one week.
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Sounds like you run a very generous social assistance program. I'm surprised you don't have people sleeping on your floor every week.
However the point I was trying to make is that you have to have limits. You obviously cannot support an unlimited number of people and I'm guessing the number of genuinely needy and deserving people far exceed what you're capable of providing.
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Originally Posted by MetroPornTour
And to further indulge you, we give people a Hand Up not hand out. I haven't advocated anything more or less than that.
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Hold on. I thought you said you don't turn anyone away unless they bring guns, drugs or a wanted poster. Now you say you don't give handouts. What do you do with someone who just wants to mooch off of you?
Don't get me wrong, I think its great that you're helping people. On a small scale basis, what you're doing can work. It can work because the person footing the bill is in control of the situation and can see the progress and failures. However once the scale is increased and the aid is instutionalized and you add bureaucracy, jaded employees, clients who exploit the system, and a lack of responsible oversight, costs will skyrocket and results will plummet.
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Originally Posted by MetroPornTour
When a person's only crime is to live a better life only monsters say "NO."
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It would sure help me live a better life if you'd license me all of your content for $5.00. Come on, only monsters say no.
Obviously I was being facetious. I wouldn't expect you agree to an arrangement like that, but that is metaphorically what you seem to be proposing.
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Originally Posted by MetroPornTour
But you are attempting to twist every single opportunity to advantage. It is not now nor has it been to even attempt to examine any other option then "WE MUST KEEP THEM OUT!"
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Are you sure you're not confusing me with other posters? When did I say anything about keeping people out? I trust you're smart enough to realize that there are more than two sides to any issue and just because someone disagrees with you on part of what you say doesn't mean they disagree with everything you say.
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Originally Posted by MetroPornTour
Since I am already guilty of indulging you far to much in this endevour of yours. And I do not wish to continue to play a childish game of this nature.
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I fail to see how a discussion of the issues you originally posted about is childish. Could it be perhaps that you have a hard time accepting differing opinions? Did you just want to rant and have everyone agree with you?
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Originally Posted by MetroPornTour
Therefore you win.
I'm just going to check out the ignore function.
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I'm sorry I distressed you so much. You come off has having strong beliefs but if you have to hide from someone who politely questions them, one has to doubt your convictions.