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\u201cWhere was your concern for our low-income families then\u201d?<\/span>
\n
\nThis comment from a recent newspaper column took me back to a very similar thought I had while reading the editorial pages of all the local papers and finding letter after letter denouncing slots because \u201cthey are hard on\/bad for the poor\u201d. I was left sadly shaking my head at such blatantly self-serving morally objectionable behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n

I do mean to christen as immoral those who are concerned for those in need only when it is convenient or serves their self-interest and ignore those in need when it could inconveniently required effort or even (shudder) some small sacrifice or there is no self-interest to be served by being concerned for the well-being of the poor.<\/p>\n

Immorality: something that is a cause or source of suffering, injury, or destruction: the social evils of poverty and injustice (American Heritage Dictionary).<\/p>\n

Week in and week out papers were filled with letters about how bad for the poor slots would be, a vast outpouring of concern for the poor to the papers and to council. Before or after the slots debate?<\/p>\n

Precisely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhere was your concern for our low-income families then\u201d? This comment from a recent newspaper column took me back to a very similar thought I had while reading the editorial pages of all the local papers and finding letter after letter denouncing slots because \u201cthey are hard on\/bad for the poor\u201d. I was left sadly shaking my head at such blatantly self-serving morally objectionable behaviour. I do mean to christen as immoral those who are concerned for those in need only when it is convenient or serves their self-interest and ignore those in need when it could inconveniently required effort or even (shudder) some small sacrifice or there is no self-interest to be served by being concerned for the well-being of the poor. Immorality: something that is a cause or source of suffering, injury, or destruction: the social evils of poverty and injustice (American Heritage Dictionary). Week in and week out papers were filled with letters about how bad for the poor slots would be, a vast outpouring of concern for the poor to the papers and to council. Before or after the slots debate? Precisely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,13,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-point-of-view","category-homeless","category-poverty"],"yoast_head":"\nConvenient concern for the homeless and poor. - James W. 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