tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post7269833661573740333..comments2023-10-03T12:20:53.726-04:00Comments on ¡Cecilieaux!: Moral Hazards of a Coarser TimeCecilio Moraleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283375962527765787noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-19717576974227930392009-03-03T22:21:00.000-05:002009-03-03T22:21:00.000-05:00I agree with you, C, that poverty increases crime ...I agree with you, C, that poverty increases crime ... it seems to complement the repugnant acts and negligence of the tsarist-like wealthy of our time. It is scary. <BR/><BR/>Heartinsanf', I don't agree that kindness, compassion and actual "good" deeds are left to a notable few. A lot of folks just do for others what they can and don't do what they can't. So much is privately and quietly done. <BR/><BR/>An old man of my neighborhood died this week. He lived next door to the bar, actually died in it and his bar-family will be drinking to him after his burial. My sister remembers him accompanying his wife with his extremely disabled stepson to elementary school...years ago. It wasn't just left to the mother. <BR/><BR/>This week a few voices are indignant on his behalf because it was somehow found out that several women of various degrees of unwealth had cars registered in his name...and apparently he'd given them money here and there, now and then....probably to lots of men and women over the years. He wasn't rich.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me he must have wanted to help them.<BR/><BR/>AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18171692.post-72187195718162501162009-03-01T23:18:00.000-05:002009-03-01T23:18:00.000-05:00Yes, it would be lovely if humankind became truly ...Yes, it would be lovely if humankind became truly charitable during times of lack and realized that we are all in this together and so-forth.<BR/><BR/> But it doesn't. It becomes desperately afraid of losing its own share and mobilized to protect it to the death. We are not the kindest of species, although there are notable exceptions like Mother Teresa and the Dalai Lama.<BR/><BR/> Have you ever read a rather obscure play called "The World We Live In" by Josef and Karel Capek, which portrays beetles rolling giant balls of dung uphill, proud of their "nest eggs?" Slightly off-subject, but it came to mind while I was reading your post.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.com