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In response to "We have several Wincos directly on our subway system route or within a half a mile of it. -- nm" by Redmond

ever carried enough groceries for a whole family on a subway? -- nm

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jun 7 '09, 14:36

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Jesus Christ!! Do people in Africa, Asia just roll over and die? God we are spoiled bastards here. -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:40 7
- No, but a MUCH larger portion of their day is spent gathering what meager food they have, plus the fuel to cook it with. - TWuG Jun 7, 14:48
- First of all, large numbers of them are malnourished. Second, they have a completely different economy that you can't compare. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:42 5
  - Exactly. Americans don't know what hard is. -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 14:45 4
    - well, yes. but that doesn't change the truth that it's hard to find affordable healthy food in inner cities. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:46 3
      - You know what. I bet I could do it. I don't even have a college degree!!! Shock!! - Redmond Jun 7, 15:41 2
        
        you wouldn't starve, but you wouldn't be eating fresh broccoli and grilled chicken breast. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 16:00 1
        
        OMG no broccoli? Where is the humanity!! God hath forsaken me...... ugh.. *keels over dead for broccoli withdrawals* - Redmond Jun 7, 16:02
We can find enough excuses to never do what's right... - Stephen Jun 7, 14:39 11
- And further, we were specifically arguing over the example family in the video - Stephen Jun 7, 14:46 9
  - I didn't see the video. I'm just troubled by the apparent lack of compassion here. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:47 8
    - Expecting people to act responsibily does not mean that one does not have compassion. -- nm - Stephen Jun 7, 14:53 3
      - I think you have a very stringent definition of "responsible" that leaves no room for any degree of weakness. - loosilu Jun 7, 14:55 2
        
        Please!!! Watch the video clip. Those people are being stupid. -- nm - Redmond Jun 7, 15:37
        
        Getting back to the example family from the last board, if you're eating fast food 3X a day that's not just a "degree" of weakness - Stephen Jun 7, 15:28
    - I have compassion for people that want to pitch in to help themselves. I will hand out food stamps, but maybe you have to hop on a bus and go to the - Redmond Jun 7, 14:50 3
      - Again, consider the time element. Full time job (9 hours), maybe 2 hours transit (round trip, not each way) - TWuG Jun 7, 14:56 1
        
        and if you're that poor, you very often have two jobs, or more. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:57
      - say you're an old lady with a walker. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:53
- What I'm saying is, try to understand the sitaution before you criticize so harshly. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:43
Have you? -- nm - TWuG Jun 7, 14:39 1
- never, I had a hard engouh time with groceries for one. -- nm - loosilu Jun 7, 14:39

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