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Thread: "Being Poor" by John Scalzi

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    Being poor is feeling helpless when your child makes the same mistakes you did, and won't listen to you beg them against doing so.
    That is not you being poor. That is realizing that you kid is likely going to be poor too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dagny View Post
    It's nice to see that nobody here has ever had to endure anything from that list.

    It's nicer to see that nobody here knows anyone who's had to endure anything from that list either.
    This is exactly the point where you show your ignorance. That statement is pure hog $#@! since you know nothing about anyone here. It's nothing but a self-serving, self-righteous, holier-than-thou pile of stinking hog $#@!.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Arguments based on emotional appeals don't cut it. Most everyone feels compassion, some leap to government solutions, some look to solve problems.
    You're not entitled to determine what 'cuts it' in terms of the way I present ideas here. You can blather about and look silly all you want, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dadakarma View Post
    You're not entitled to determine what 'cuts it' in terms of the way I present ideas here. You can blather about and look silly all you want, though.
    Logic is logic, and logical fallacies logical fallacies. Truth isn't determined by who says it. Revise your argument if you want to be logical.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dagny View Post
    It's nice to see that nobody here has ever had to endure anything from that list.

    It's nicer to see that nobody here knows anyone who's had to endure anything from that list either.
    Wrong we were poor when I was a child. I know (one of my grandmothers) had no electricity, we used the outhouse when I visited. We were happy poor kids. My dad and mom worked hard all their lives to leave us something when they went to meet the Master. Kids don't need every want just needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Logic is logic, and logical fallacies logical fallacies. Truth isn't determined by who says it. Revise your argument if you want to be logical.
    Keep blatherin'!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dadakarma View Post
    Keep blatherin'!
    Emotional, aren't you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Emotional, aren't you.
    Lighten up. You're so serious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dagny View Post
    I could say that about most of the attitudes here. Of course the only poor people in this country, are poor due to worn out couch cushions.

    What other reason could there possibly be?
    All the evil social programs designed by Democrats to keep people dependent in order to get votes for Democrats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dagny View Post
    I could say that about most of the attitudes here. Of course the only poor people in this country, are poor due to worn out couch cushions.

    What other reason could there possibly be?
    So you shovel more hog $#@! onto your pile of hog $#@!. You know nothing of anyone who posts here, their life or their background. Pure hog $#@!. Now make a point.

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