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calendargirl

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92. Arrogance...

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 01:30 PM

Nov 2016

Using your example, of course there is nothing wrong with giving to a charity that helps feed the drug addicted. But that is a temporary solution. Is it arrogant to give your time or money to an organization that is trying to help them kick the drugs so that they could take care of themselves? One that is helping to find them employment after they are clean? That is my interpretation of the highest form of giving. Most drug addicts are able to be helped. It may take more money, more time, more resources to get them on the right path, which is why it is the highest form of giving. Giving anyone a few cans of food or a few dollars to a food bank is helpful and noble in its own right, but if you are able to help more people who are perfectly capable of becoming become self reliant, then it frees up time and money to help the sick, our veterans, the elderly, etc.

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I saw something rather disturbing today. [View all] yuiyoshida Nov 2016 OP

That's awful...I've been seeing on FB someone offering a free turkey..please apply likesmountains 52 Nov 2016 #1

I've seen those types of offerings too Horse with no Name Nov 2016 #4

This has to make you ask... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #5

Reminds me of a show no one in my family ever watched. Archae Nov 2016 #24

I used to watch it dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #71

Wow! GWC58 Nov 2016 #2

Its a good bet she was probably a Republican yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #6

Yep! Those R brand Kristian values demand that the poor be bashed so the R can Nay Nov 2016 #72

My friend went through a nasty and bitter custody battle that left her without any money Horse with no Name Nov 2016 #3

It pisses me off to see this yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #8

American values. hay rick Nov 2016 #7

Its only going to get worse yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #9

I agree 100% . Also regarding the OP , I have seen this same thing with republicans they volunteer lunasun Nov 2016 #22

She must feel so FULL Of herself tonight yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #23

Open-carry... 3catwoman3 Nov 2016 #62

I was at a police station the other day louis-t Nov 2016 #104

"Our advanced economy is wedded to a barbaric culture." Truer words were never Nay Nov 2016 #73

that's just fucked up JI7 Nov 2016 #10

it pissed me off so bad... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #11

That is a mean spirited woman mountain grammy Nov 2016 #12

I am just yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #18

I'd almost be willing to bet this, truly, GWC58 Nov 2016 #60

Let me guess . . . OldRedneck Nov 2016 #13

well, as a Buddhist.... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #14

Reminds me of this scene from "Time Bandits" rwsanders Nov 2016 #15

I don't know which is worse yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #21

My stomach turned reading that alittlelark Nov 2016 #16

I don't know what charity yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #19

... spanone Nov 2016 #17

That is disgraceful. I've worked with the poor and homeless for years, and... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #20

Thank you for your good work..and I am sure yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #26

And here's what you can do, seriously... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #40

Thanks yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #45

Hey, 70 is the new 50! And the closer I get to it, the more I'm trying to believe it! nt 7962 Nov 2016 #66

even in this benighted (and oh-so-red) community, there are a number of groups and organizations niyad Nov 2016 #96

So I'm curious? cwydro Nov 2016 #25

I was shocked... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #27

He lives just a few doors down from you, but is poor? cwydro Nov 2016 #28

so because he lives in a house yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #29

And these folks picked him at random to give him food? cwydro Nov 2016 #33

You are a real piece of work yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #34

I don't have an ignore list. cwydro Nov 2016 #36

What should I do? yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #39

Lmao. cwydro Nov 2016 #42

Unlike You I don't know my neighbors that well yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #46

Why so angry? cwydro Nov 2016 #108

Get off my damn back yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #112

Yes ,ma'am. cwydro Nov 2016 #113

You called me a liar... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #116

I did not call you a liar. cwydro Nov 2016 #118

YOU called me a LIAR..would you like me to post what you said? yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #120

Ok hon. cwydro Nov 2016 #122

oh poor you, now.... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #124

Post removed Post removed Nov 2016 #127

And I would suggest you not call people you don't know on the internet "Hon" yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #128

Um. that's a southern thing. It's a friendly thing cwydro Nov 2016 #129

No, it's passive aggressive and condescending. LeftyMom Nov 2016 #137

Oh you. cwydro Nov 2016 #140

I believe your story. You still can do something about it. Mariana Nov 2016 #87

Thank you. yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #88

Usually churches keep a list of their needier congregants Warpy Nov 2016 #37

Uh huh. cwydro Nov 2016 #38

HER condescension? kag Nov 2016 #98

You're a real piece of work. nt awoke_in_2003 Nov 2016 #100

Aww. cwydro Nov 2016 #105

calling out another du'er is a no-no, remember? niyad Nov 2016 #97

It must be nice to live on your street whopis01 Nov 2016 #85

you want I should kick your frozen ass, yuiyoshida? Skittles Nov 2016 #53

I love you skittles... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #56

Perhaps you can share a story of when you spoke up... hay rick Nov 2016 #44

Ah, because we should not intervene? cwydro Nov 2016 #47

Ugh. hay rick Nov 2016 #54

Okay, I'll intervene. hunter Nov 2016 #86

Thank you!!!!! kag Nov 2016 #99

1 tallahasseedem Nov 2016 #130

Well, I'll speak up. TDale313 Nov 2016 #61

So will I. athena Nov 2016 #75

A vile human being. sarcasmo Nov 2016 #30

Your self-proclaimed deplorables at work. Initech Nov 2016 #31

charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up keithbvadu2 Nov 2016 #32

I got euchred into going out to deliver food boxes when I was a kid Warpy Nov 2016 #35

But see, the OP did nothing. cwydro Nov 2016 #41

Is it now? I've seen enough of her postings to have formed... TreasonousBastard Nov 2016 #48

I did so in my last post. cwydro Nov 2016 #50

When you encourage someone to do something different next time, athena Nov 2016 #76

You must be awfully high yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #49

I hope your elderly neighbor is doing ok tonight. cwydro Nov 2016 #51

You clearly have never yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #55

Yeah, humiliate him further athena Nov 2016 #77

I don't know him that well but i could ask. yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #43

There ya go. cwydro Nov 2016 #52

I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #57

... cwydro Nov 2016 #67

Small people needing to puff themselves up on message boards.... Thor_MN Nov 2016 #69

Aww, Thor. cwydro Nov 2016 #106

He might be a bit embarrassed but it's worth a try. Warpy Nov 2016 #65

I don't understand Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #58

If you don't understand it's probably because you are a good Democrat. nt hay rick Nov 2016 #59

That woman could use a little schooling in the 8 levels of giving. 3catwoman3 Nov 2016 #63

I don't like that eighth point. athena Nov 2016 #79

I used to have a copy of this when I was in high school, eons ago.and I... 3catwoman3 Nov 2016 #83

There's nothing "Republican"about the eighth notion calendargirl Nov 2016 #84

I think it reeks of control. athena Nov 2016 #90

Arrogance... calendargirl Nov 2016 #92

When you give, you shouldn't expect something in return. athena Nov 2016 #121

Painting with a broad brush. calendargirl Nov 2016 #131

I'm the one painting with a broad brush? athena Nov 2016 #139

Any chance she's from Prunedale? miyazaki Nov 2016 #64

You get mail delivered on Thanksgiving? cwydro Nov 2016 #68

Maybe she didn't have time to check her mailbox the day before. athena Nov 2016 #80

No actually... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #89

I'll await your next story. cwydro Nov 2016 #107

You must enjoy harassing people on the internet yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #111

Oooh. I like that last! cwydro Nov 2016 #115

Don't give me that crap about being your favorite posters here... yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #117

Oh wow. cwydro Nov 2016 #119

That's odd, because your incessant posts in this thread seem to be extremely hate filled, suge. Mc Mike Nov 2016 #136

I also checked my mail on Thursday while I was waiting for my cranberries to cook. demmiblue Nov 2016 #123

Oh yeah so now if we don't check our mail every day yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #125

Rec. Thanks, yui. Mc Mike Nov 2016 #70

If there is a God, this woman will burn in Hell. Disturbing is not the word... Raster Nov 2016 #74

She is probably a very unhappy person. athena Nov 2016 #81

I suspect Christ might want us to give the woman the benefit of the doubt calendargirl Nov 2016 #132

I suspect Christ would want us to give the woman the benefit of the doubt... Raster Nov 2016 #134

Sounds incredibly ignorant and insensitive... whathehell Nov 2016 #78

Agreed 100% nt calendargirl Nov 2016 #133

Sounds like a Trump voter... Moostache Nov 2016 #82

Raising Deplorables bucolic_frolic Nov 2016 #91

Then they go home to hear even more at the dinner table in private lunasun Nov 2016 #101

Rich people do a little once a year and think they are charitable. Self-innoculation. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2016 #93

On a related note - its rough out there for seniors - really rough. Dr. Mullion Blasto Nov 2016 #94

A lot of right wingers claim they help people treestar Nov 2016 #95

But its part of the America's going IGNORANT rladdi Nov 2016 #102

Many years ago we got our Thanksgiving dinner from a Church Food Pantry HockeyMom Nov 2016 #103

Kids these days can be hard to reach. AtheistCrusader Nov 2016 #109

Well said. guillaumeb Nov 2016 #126

ummm rtracey Nov 2016 #110

Be careful here. cwydro Nov 2016 #114

well rtracey Nov 2016 #141

Speaking up may further the man's embarrassment jcboon Nov 2016 #135

I am going to go by an ask yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #138