tomtrytostay wrote:
Wow I'm impressed . A civilised coherent thread . Congratulations Nikprit I like your style . My own feelings are what matters truly is what is not what should be . But I respect of course that part of societal evolution is to investigate what's happening and this certainly is a subject that's in dire need of being considered seriously . Anyway I just wanted to say well done .
Oh my own view . Well I believe that wealth should be shared equally like a birthday cake at a party .
Of course those that are willing to work harder should be rewarded but generally I feel that people should share .
I think that democracy is extremely poor but the greater truth is that most people are so scared of losing out on basic comfort they resist charity . We need a safety net .
Anyway you guys are all way smarter than I am . I hope I won't get blocked Nikprit for expressing these views but I've said all I wanted to anyway
Oh my own view . Well I believe that wealth should be shared equally like a birthday cake at a party .
Of course those that are willing to work harder should be rewarded but generally I feel that people should share .
I think that democracy is extremely poor but the greater truth is that most people are so scared of losing out on basic comfort they resist charity . We need a safety net .
Anyway you guys are all way smarter than I am . I hope I won't get blocked Nikprit for expressing these views but I've said all I wanted to anyway
You are welcome here anytime Tom.
No one gets blocked for expressing their views here - it is like you say 'say what you want, when you want'.
However, when it comes to name calling & ad hominem attacks which have nothing to do with the topic/issue - then that is different.
I have seen enough threads to realise that things can go south very quickly - then it just looks like a bar fight.
Do any of our UK churches open their doors to the homeless people at night to give them a safe place to sleep? If not, why not?
A couple of years ago in Liverpool, a group of protesters made that point in the Cathedral. That's the older one, as we have two. All they did was to hang out a banner asking the same question that you have kayak. The volume of the organ was turned up and a thunderous noise from it drowned out the voices of the protesters.
They were also verbally abused by some of the religious people in attendence. One of the men in robes blamed foreigners for the plight of the protesters. If you want to gain access to the top of the Cathedral you have to use a lift; they charge £7 for this service. 'The house of god' or the 'house of plenty' I wonder.
Much of the talk here concentrates on ther redistrbution of wealth, implying that money will be taken from those that have it and given to those that have none. I think this could be misunderstood. The idea of establishing a better society would be to create a more efficient and equitable one. This is different from the picture that some people like to paint of un-uniformed armed men hacking off heads.
It's currently called a capitalist society because nothing happens unless the capitalists decide that they can make more money. Everything is seen as a commodity, including human life. It cares little for the hardship for millions, and declining opportunities for future generations, but seeks only short term profit.
I think we could better, collectively, to establish a democratic society. I think we could have elected politicians subject to recall at any time and who only received the same average wages as the rest of us.