tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383864695433359146.post7262525411475054443..comments2023-04-11T03:24:13.444-06:00Comments on Palm Tree in Poland : Curiosity gets you everywhere: Heartbreak, or why people like socialismJan Eriksson-Perssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01408622728934931924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383864695433359146.post-76430289262245178632009-10-18T10:39:17.992-06:002009-10-18T10:39:17.992-06:00And what do those bonus recipients do with the cas...And what do those bonus recipients do with the cash? Fund research to cure a disease? Fund programs for the disabled? Open host homes? Donate one of their mansions as a homeless shelter?<br /><br /> Don't be silly. They buy things they don't need, and houses they don't live in. The really sad thing is this: all that money and so little to show for it.Gaylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383864695433359146.post-38545965263048787502009-10-16T09:25:00.461-06:002009-10-16T09:25:00.461-06:00Yes. I'll go to the streets with you. What we ...Yes. I'll go to the streets with you. What we are seeing here is so sad and like you said all about "greed" and "selfishness" disguised with a whole ideology about "right" and "wrong?" It just doesn't fit for me. How can you not care for the "poor?" Why do Christians choose what they are going to go by in the Bible and cut out some parts out or do not choose to follow some passages and say it's for someone else like you can share God's love if you have the spiritual gift or throwing money at an organization is the same as doing it? Some things are optional like caring for the poor and fighting for justice for all? Isn't hating something we should not do or lying? Sometimes I think, Jan that the bright light in what we experienced (and mine was nothing like yours) is our heart for others and our passion for justice.Kathy Petersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383864695433359146.post-24402474304743615772009-10-16T07:17:56.480-06:002009-10-16T07:17:56.480-06:00You are right. If this is who we are, we are doom...You are right. If this is who we are, we are doomed and probably should be. When I was a child I was surrounded by people who spoke other languages, and by a father and mother who told me of the shining country across the water that was my country. Europe was only a few years past the war at that time, wreckage was nearby and young boys grew up knowing they should not touch strange objects in the fields they played in. This young boy felt for those around him, carving a new culture from the wreckage, but he knew his own country was the Right way, the shining example they should strive for. Now, the older boy wonders if that shining country existed, and struggles against the feeling of betrayal.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965881544295932940noreply@blogger.com