Dasani: the invisible child / New York City Mike Bloomberg's reaction to homeless children

[telemann]

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[trog]

Democrat city, what do you expect?

[telemann]

Ron Paul 2016!

Zzz.

[soliloquy76]

Run by Republican mayors for the last 20 years...

Of course, party affiliation has little to do with this. It's a common symptom of big cities, no matter where they're located or who is running them.

[fizzyland]

[telemann]

He got pissed off at the reporter who asked the question and got really ballsy them them "I can see from that smirk on your face you've never been to other cities around the world," Christie and Bloomberg should try for an "let's see who can be the bigger bullying asshole" contest.

[yes_justice]

Wow. I guess he didn't know the job? Its funny how the great leaders are the ones able to communicate compassion in just those situations.

[farchivist]

I would still take Christie over Bloomberg.

[yes_justice]

Trying to convince well heeled theists that God isn't damming the poor for a reason is an uphill battle. I have a cousin whom I argued with last Christmas over poverty in India and Africa. He flat out claimed those people were damned by God while rich people in America were blessed by god. It was frustrating to unravel it, not to mention to realize he seriously justified inequality that way.

[fizzyland]

This is a good example of religion leading to mental laziness. Declaring unfortunate things as "God's Will" is just a way of saying they really don't want to think about it or do anything to change it.

[yes_justice]

At least we can now ask why the pope feeds the homeless: so assert God calls upon us to help each other through it to better effect? I dunno, I have issues with that approach obviously.

My cousin and I argued for a few hours, I think to little effect. He us really wrapped up in the idea of "sin" and being "dammed" or "chosen". It's wild stuff and leads to all the usual prejudices you'd expect. AIDS is gods wrath, etc.

[fizzyland]

I've also known people who argue those things and they always have a scary, Steven King character sort of feeling.

I take the approach that we have brains so we can act in ways beneficial to ourselves and others.

[hardblue]

I thought Bloomberg had better liberal sympathies than that,
but maybe I'm just confused by all his talk on limiting guns.

[dexeron]

I hate to classify Bloomberg as a liberal of conservative. He's an authoritarian, and that means being bedfellows with both sides, but on different issues.

[yes_justice]

The article you linked is really touching. Martin Luther Kings words about social justice still seem relevant.