I love the internet.
You should read youtube comments.
It gets worse and you actually lose brain cells.
I love the internet.
I agree with visual of pretty much everything he's said.
Cheating rich men out of money is a good way to get killed, meaning its very dangerous. But if its working for him, then why not?
Like he said a man that cant hold on too his money doesn't deserve it.
The fact of the matter is, everything is about money!
We might start magic for the love of it, but at some point we think of how to make money doing it.
Its sad, but most things in the world today are about money.
If im starving, i will do what i have to to eat.
If i had to use my sleight of hand to do so, then so be it.
I think visual said this im not sure ill have to go back and check. A part of religion and morals, is to feed the hungry. The simple fact of the matter is that we don't, therefore people have to do things are are "morally" wrong.
Thats what i have to say take it or leave it
You should read youtube comments.
It gets worse and you actually lose brain cells.
But if its working for him, then why not?
Also what I meant on the "if he cant hold on to it.." I meant that if a man goes on gambling,betting or being generally irresponsible with money then he doesnt deserve to have it. Other people need it more than him. But of course,I only did it to gambling men.
Steer: My response that you quoted comes from my experience with people far below the poverty line, and with the agencies I eluded to, as I have extensive volunteer experience with said agencies, and formal education in that area. Like jtmorris mentioned, to assume that crime is an inevitable choice given poverty is just a sad stereotype/unfair generalization. It has more to do with personality and upbringing than it does with your current living situation.
I didn't actually say it was inevitable. Just that it happens. Desperate conditions breed desperate actions. And talking about how you're too moral to run a con in a moment of desperation is a lot of hot air. The brighter the picture, the darker the negative.
I would submit that it is impossible to really draw any correlation between criminal actions and desperate situations.
I would say that much of the world lives in desperate situations and many (more) of those people survive in those situations through hard work and perseverance rather than criminal action.
Thus it would be a more fair statement to say 'desperate situations breed hard work and perseverance more often than not.'
Just because some people have more money than you doesn't mean you can go steal from them without feeling guilty.
You're pretty negative aren't you? Yea, sure desperate situations bring crime, but not everybody will resort to crime. Believe it or not, there are some people in this world who have a conscience, and would rather do right then wrong, even when faced with desperate situations.Propose that to a criminologist. Let me know how long it takes him to stop laughing in your face.
I'm not entirely sure you grasp the context of living in a third world country. I'm not saying that Kenya for example is a hotbed of aberrant behavior. I'm just saying that there's a reason Kenyans are more satisfied with their lives than Americans.
So, you know... Apples and oranges.
I think I'm going to throw up.
Thus it would be a more fair statement to say 'desperate situations breed hard work and perseverance more often than not.'
You're pretty negative aren't you? Yea, sure desperate situations bring crime, but not everybody will resort to crime. Believe it or not, there are some people in this world who have a conscience, and would rather do right then wrong, even when faced with desperate situations.
Course not, I'm just saying that (depending on how strong there conscience is) it will make them do the right thing. I just don't like seeing people who are so negative about everything. I'm negative myself, but Steerpike seems to beat me by a mile...Doing something right or wrong does not mean the person doesnt have a conscience.
But I will atone for my sins later.
Keep it civil or this thread will get closed fast...What exactly do you mean by that?
Please, please, for the love of mother earth, don't tell me you are throwing some religious bull**** in my face right now, that you will pay the price of your actions when you are in hell. Because if that's the case, you are one of those bastards that are ruining this planet, and I hope you will die of every disease known to man at once..
Keep it civil or this thread will get closed fast...
Yes I am sorry. I just had to say it..
For all of those who believe you wouldn't you do not know the true answer. You live a comfortable life not plagued by the problems millions others have. Just realize that your answer has little meaning unless there is some actual fact and substance behind it which you have lived by.