tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492013064573371146.post2141896947534515004..comments2023-05-07T08:40:07.354-07:00Comments on Becky Johnson: One Woman Talking: WHO IS TO BLAME FOR HOMELESSNESS IN SANTA CRUZ?Becky Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01100626198456326185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492013064573371146.post-7002217708702692472009-10-27T12:25:46.902-07:002009-10-27T12:25:46.902-07:00My view is that the SAME lack of humanity which ha...My view is that the SAME lack of humanity which has become widespread, which caused the Wall Street Rip-Offs of Americans, has caused homelessness in a sense (as an acceptable level of 'collateral damage' nationwide). As it became acceptable to buy houses for investment without any concern for the immediately displaced; as it became easier and easier for American to convince themselves (despite the obvious) to 'blame the victims' of their greed and self-centered outlooks. Maybe if we expected government to 'work FOR us all'. If most of us began to put out the energy and learn the basics of being a civic and conscious person which democracy would require, our patently false assumptions about what "the government" should or shouldn't do for us would grow up a little. Why would any thinking person wawnt to "blame God" for a problem that's obviously our own creation. With a vengeance. It is much worse than 'burning witches' to permit the wholesale dissection of people's lives; and to cut them off from health care, mobility, social contact so we dont have to see our greed is immoral. To cut them off from healthy, safe food while throwing away tons, stuffing silos, and permitting Big Business to destroy and toxify our Nation's farming history is equally stuoid. Letting the worst victims fade to death in isolation will come back and haunt us all. It is a hostile form of neglect. Individually, we could be prosecuted for doing similar things to immediate family members. It's bad enough to "trade one injustice for another", a common enough happening. To amplify it because of some dim hope of getting your slice of greed and inflation leaves you spiritually accountable for those whose deaths you abet. Economists call this "The Reagan Miracle", even tho' it took 4 presidents to create the full scope of this economic nonsense.Linda's Hearthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404971799624206082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492013064573371146.post-42833690155708555372009-10-26T08:39:15.606-07:002009-10-26T08:39:15.606-07:00My point was that since you were blaming everybody...My point was that since you were blaming everybody else, why not start at the top.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492013064573371146.post-12462414564939669302009-10-25T18:12:23.978-07:002009-10-25T18:12:23.978-07:00G-d taught us how to treat each other. And it wasn...G-d taught us how to treat each other. And it wasn't to be neglectful. It wasn't to be exploitive. And it wasn't to stand by and do nothing when human suffering confronts you in your path.Becky Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100626198456326185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492013064573371146.post-25594271669968497622009-10-22T15:53:57.142-07:002009-10-22T15:53:57.142-07:00You forgot to blame God for letting His children s...You forgot to blame God for letting His children suffer.Tonynoreply@blogger.com