Okay, my fault then. I seemed to get from what you were saying that you preferred charity OVER government help, not INSTEAD OF. But fine, I guess we're on the same page.
And I guess I am not really the type to give to charity, so I didn't really get all gung-ho about it, but I have no problem with OTHER people giving as much as they want, if that's what they want to do.
And really, the way you phrase it with seeming disdain: "simply favoring children of bad parents starving, lest anyone think you felt beholden to part with one of your dollars" implies to me (possibly incorrectly) that you rather favor the socialist ideals of taking-a-village-to-raise-a-child tripe. I am pretty hardcore an individualist, so I get pretty up-in-arms against anything like that. We're free to disagree... at least, Obama hasn't passed a law changing that just yet, I believe.
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Date: 2009-02-01 08:07 am (UTC)And I guess I am not really the type to give to charity, so I didn't really get all gung-ho about it, but I have no problem with OTHER people giving as much as they want, if that's what they want to do.
And really, the way you phrase it with seeming disdain: "simply favoring children of bad parents starving, lest anyone think you felt beholden to part with one of your dollars" implies to me (possibly incorrectly) that you rather favor the socialist ideals of taking-a-village-to-raise-a-child tripe. I am pretty hardcore an individualist, so I get pretty up-in-arms against anything like that. We're free to disagree... at least, Obama hasn't passed a law changing that just yet, I believe.