DB> Most of them know how to take care of themselves at a level I'm sure
 DB> you wouldn't understand... dumpster diving can reap great rewards to
 DB> someone determined to live on the fringes. Decent sleeping gear can
 DB> be very cheap, and last a long time when LEO doesn't confiscate and
 DB> destroy it. If they came from a family like mine, I would very well
 DB> understand why they wanted no relations with them. Keeping warm and
 DB> dry is no problem to experienced "campers," even in the colder
 DB> latitudes.
You will receive another message from me indicating a little bit more
understanding in this matter. You are giving me a different perspective and
information that nobody else has cared to share with me. The relationship
between street people and officers in my community is friendly, unless the
street person commits crimes. Many of our officers even contribute their own
money to the street people for food and otherwise do the best they can to
help them. I probably would not understand your family situation fully, as
I've been very fortunate. My family would be considered to be somewhere
between poor and lower middle class, but we are very close and have an
excellent relationship. I'm sure the family situation would be a major
consideration for someone choosing the street over a home and family. You are
right, there are a lot of things that I don't understand. Complete
understanding might require standing in the other man's shoes or being there,
so many will never fully understand. However, some understanding is possible
if someone makes an effort to explain like you have.
 DB> I keep hearing this word responsibility... it makes me want to puke!
 DB> I don't owe you anything. I pay my bills, carry my own weight and
 DB> really don't care for your society which lied, stole and and cheated
 DB> the American Indians out of their land. Broken contracts and less than
 DB> civilized intent toward your hosts on this continent... this is the
 DB> result of what you call responsibility.
Responsibility came up in a message from Charles Hunter on this subject. I
think that Charles Hunter was talking about responsibility to family
obligations, not to society. I'm sure that he will correct me if I'm wrong.
Don, it's not my society, it is our society. You have just as much ability to
change it as I do, 1 vote and 1 voice. Neither of us were alive when the
white men came to America, but a significant portion of my ancestors were
already here. Maybe Charles Hunter was talking about responsibility in the
manner you refer to, but I don't think so. How about it Charles?
You've brought up some very interesting subject matter. By the way, I don't
individually take responsibility for the actions of our society, that burden
must be shared by all who have an opportunity to vote or be heard. I
certainly don't agree with everything our society has done in the past, and
I'm sure the same will be true of the future, but I will only have 1 vote and
1 voice. Maybe I could be held individually responsible to some degree if I
fail to exercise that 1 vote and 1 voice.
You are right, you owe me nothing, and I owe you nothing. I'm curious, do you
suggest that purely white people, if such a thing exists, individually owe a
debt to the American Indians?
Tom Rightmer - A Victims' Rights Advocate
... Hunting is no fun when the rabbit has the gun.
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