Jogeephus":7epmnb97 said:
You know, I was heading home last night and passed a school and the lot was full of buses preparing to take children home at 6:30 pm and I was saddened at the thought that most of the children had no one at home who cared enough to feed them supper or breakfast and I wondered what our society will look like when these children become adults and this is what they think of as normal. I was also saddened by the thought of the poor teachers who are unfairly strapped with the responsibility of trying to put moral compasses in these beautiful little apples.
Until we learn how to fix this problem I don't see why we should add more problems to society by welcoming those who think its holy to rob, murder, cheat and steal. Maybe rather than debating this we could put our heads together and try and find a solution to this social problem and in the meantime we could find a country where this islamic ideology has worked and created a utopia and then we could take notes on how to do what they have done.
My opinion on this matter is gonna be unpopular and is only my opinion. The only way to fix this problem is let people do without. When they get hungry they will go to work or starve. The problem with this approach is that some innocent children will suffer. And I have a problem with this and could never knowingly go along with children being caused to suffer or go hungry. I can't say that this is what should happen, I'm simply saying that I believe it's the only way to "fix" the problem. Kids are way sharper than a lot of folks think they are. They are learning that someone will always take care of them, no matter if they put forth an effort or not.
I.e. I have a guy that works for me. Can't pay his light bill. Can't buy his kids Christmas gifts. Gets $1300 a month in food stamps. Wife lied and got a $12000 refund on her income tax returns for 2015. He didn't file. Purposely just had his 10th child with his wife (planned, not a surprise). BUT he's got an iPhone. And so does she. And they went on vacation for a week. Eats better than me, and I'm not being facetious. And they don't worry about anything. Just pitch a sad story and hold their hand out. No shame. And his kids are the same. Because this is what they have been taught.
I love to help people who NEED help. Makes me feel good. I usually do it indiscreetly so that not even the person I'm helping knows where the money came from. Because I want no recognition for the act. That's not why I do it. But I have very little sympathy for people that bring hardship upon themselves, receive help, and then repeat the the process having learned nothing.
Enough chasing rabbits. Sorry. I just don't see things changing in regards to moral compasses until there are consequences for being lazy and sorry. You know around here, and not that many years ago, if an able bodied man wouldn't work and provide for his family, a group of local gentlemen would visit him and have a talk with him. If things didn't change after the talk, they would visit him again. The second visit would be a little more persuasive and wouldn't involve much talking. This would continue until the man got the point or left town. Pretty dang effective too because I never heard of any of these men who were beaten to death or any kids that starved to death. They just needed to be "taught".