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

Eric Johnson wrote:
> Do people pillage their community for cigarettes?

They take far more from the system by the consequences of
their bad habit than their "sin taxes" repay, so in that
way I'd argue that they DO in fact pillage the community.

> Do they for alcohol? No. Not really. After drinking they do, but hey, the
> sin taxes are paid so the communities are compensated for  drinkers'
> dastardly deeds.

Again, the taxes paid on alcohol don't even come close to
covering the damage its abuse inflicts on human society.
We all (all of us who work in the US and pay taxes here)
share in the price of alcoholics' irresponsibility.

> Meanwhile, the drinkers bills get paid because s/h/it is not forced to spend
> the lions share of his/her/its income to afford their habit. Just like
> brother Nate wants it, so he can point to his vicious little circle and
> denounce us all as immoral, reprehensible and irresponsible.

You provide all the evidence anyone could ever need to
make that determination.  No vicious circle is necessary
to see that you're essentially Godless and amoral.

There are ways in which I fall short of the Christian
ideal, but at least I try.

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Brother Nate               Electron Juggler
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