Re: drug use by our homeless family members or friends?, lets adopt them

roid wrote:
> Brother Nate wrote
> > I don't do it mainly because I couldn't afford to support
> > their $40/day habit out of my pocket, much less theirs,
> > and I wouldn't be that much more inclined to make myself
> > their doormat if the drugs cost a lot less.

> what if it were your son.
> i'm talking familys here.

If it was my son I'd try to avoid telling anything to
any police authority, and I would DEMAND (not ask) that
they go into drug rehab immediately.  If they're clean
and sober they're welcome to a place under my roof, but
I am not going to be a party to their self-destruction.

> > > my insulin is %100 government funded.
> > > if i coudln't afford it, i'd steal from you to get it.

> > And when you did so, I would call the cops and watch with
> > quiet satisfaction while they hauled your ass off to jail.
> > 
> > I don't care what medical condition you have - it doesn't
> > entitle you to steal from anybody.

> most people would disagree and sympathize with the man who steals a loaf of
> bread, or the medication to cure his child.
> coz you gotta think of the childreeeeen.  look at their cute eyes ^_^

Children deserve better providers than ones who set an
example like that.  In a nation with the social services
we provide stealing is only a short-cut for the morally
bankrupt.

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Brother Nate               Electron Juggler
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