@shavixmir saidYou channelling AvJoe now, shav? 😆
Surely giving to charity is just taking away insentive for people to get off their lazy arses to do things for themselves?
Don't call him "Shirley."
PS "incentive". Courtesy of the Spelling Gestapo. Yes, I know you know how to spell it, but maybe AvJoe wouldn't have.
😆 😆
@rajk999 saidIf people think they're buying salvation by giving food to the homeless, they're mistaken. But that's still no reason to criminalize it. I doubt the homeless refuse free food, either way.
Satanic. Some Christian sects discourage charity, referring to it as 'works salvation'. So in some cases it is Christian to be uncharitable.
03 Aug 23
@shavixmir saidI am surprised that you get the concept of taking away incentive by giving people fish instead of teaching them to fish. This is an age old adage that has been properly applied in many circumstances for the betterment of people.
Surely giving to charity is just taking away insentive for people to get off their lazy arses to do things for themselves?
Maybe you are coming around....congratulations
03 Aug 23
@averagejoe1 saidOh, good God.
I am surprised that you get the concept of taking away incentive by giving people fish instead of teaching them to fish. This is an age old adage that has been properly applied in many circumstances for the betterment of people.
Maybe you are coming around....congratulations
03 Aug 23
@suzianne saidHit a nerve, did I? I am not sure about your politics, are you a dependent on government (thus give away fish) or you more of a self-reliant sort, and encourage people to take care of themselves?
Oh, good God.
Another tough question,, but I did not start this thread which could lead to a lot of traps for liberals!!!!
@kellyjay saidhttps://newrepublic.com/article/173786/houstons-mayoral-race-exposing-lefts-fault-lines
City governments don’t automatically reflect their state, who is in charge of Houston’s government?
Whitmire, a well-known conservative Democrat
A conservative mayor runs Houston. Of course.
03 Aug 23
@sonhouse saidI am all for helping the poor but my question has more to do with the government of the city Houston. Whose laws were being broken, who wrote them, who is responsible for them?
@KellyJay
I thought you were a Christian, didn't Jesus say to help the poor? People saying they were lazy and such is just avoiding the real problems going on, like do you think they are homeless because they are lazy?
Nothing I have said had anything to do with the merits for or against, if a politician is to be blamed which one?