-Caveat Lector-
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
A man or woman's character is meaningless in America. It
is the possession of wealth that matters. Of course, you
or I might judge individuals differently; but for the most
part, Americans judge and evaluate one another on the basis
of material possessions: the clothes one wears, the car one
drives, the house one lives in.
MJ:
Fallacy of ad hoc, gross generalization and wild ass guess.
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
WHy do I believe that? Well, I've lived in California,
Washington, Kentucky, New York, Washington and North
Dakota..... In my own experience, it is money that talks,
bullshit that walks.
MJ:
Fallacy of anecdotal evidence.
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
There are individuals who scrub toilets for a living, who
work hard, struggle against incredible odds to provide for
their families, and in this country, they go unrecognized
and unrewarded. Do you think Americans care about these
honest, hardworking individuals who play by the rules?
Not really.
No. Americans are interested in and fascinated by those
who possess wealth... and as a society, we encourage our
children to "get up there" by whatever means necessary,
so that they won't have to know the day-to-day indignities
of what it's like to be poor.
To be poor and without property in a society that worships
property and possessions means that your life is at the
disposal of others. So, if you lack property, and your
mom and dad were not loaded, you have to sell whatever you
can to survive. Well, what can be sold? Talents, skills,
labor... some sell their bodies, Mr. Johnson. In Thailand,
poor moms and dads sell their female children to brothels.
MJ:
Nice emotive speech, but what has it to do with reality?
William Hugh Tunstall wrote:
Given the fact that if you don't sell yourself to others in
order to survive, you won't eat, it's not surprising that
the majority of those who sell themselves are VERY interested
in doing anything and everything to make their masters happy.
Whatever ethical or moral concerns one might
have, become less important in the struggle for survival.
Not surprisingly, crime has always been a very problem...among
all social classes. Remember the success of the Godfather
movie? The line between criminal and legal behavior is a
fine one... many saw the Corleone family as
heroes....misunderstood
entrepeneurs who were only supplying people with what they want.
And so human beings become commodities, things to be bought
and sold in the marketplace of life, to be bought and sold
by those who DO have the money. The transformation of human
beings into things bothers me... SOmehow, I don't find it
inspiring.
Perhaps, it's because I believe human beings have a spiritual
nature, and there is something fundamentally wrong about
reducing human beings down to the level of objects. And
there is something fundamentally wrong about a society that
values money more than they value the wellbeing of their own
children.
I would suggest that if we truly were so concerned about the
poor and the problems of poor children, we would change our
priorities. But that's not likely, is it?
MJ:
Not certain where you are driving this bus ... call me stupid, but
can you reduce this diatrible into a two or three sentence assertion?
Regard$,
--MJ
I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and
yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish
to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his
back. -- Leo Tolstoy
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