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Glad to see our tax dollars being well spent on the education system...
On Charity:
Charity was a part of western civilisation long before it was nationalised charity has been a virtue recognised and fostered by religion throughout human history christian charity has been an integral part of European civilization in medieval Europe the Church bore the responsibility for organising and promoting poor relief and it was not until the 16th century that the state began to take over this responsibility see Roger Lockyer Tudor and Stuart Britain 1471-1714 London 1964 p 138 in England the first statutory measures to alleviate poverty were enacted in the late Tudor period relief however was directed not at the population at large but at the poor and disabled and the method employed was to place responsibility on the parishes which were helped by a poor rate however even in that period there was a resurgence of private charity and a resentment of state paternalism to many merchants particularly those who had risen from little or nothing paternalism was anathema paternalism produced the poor laws but this generalised form of relief was no more acceptable to the merchants than indiscriminate monastic almsgiving had been they set an example by contributing more than half of the vast sums of money provided for private charities which were in the long run probably more effective than state aid for the poor Lockyer op cit 152 the philosophy of these enlightened merchants was that the people should be helped to help themselves in accordance with this philosophy they poured money into the comprehensive remodelling of the English education system which together with the entrepreneurship they propagated made Britain the most prosperous nation on earth the Christian ethic as interpreted by the puritan middle class called for dedication to work honesty thrift and charity it was fundamentally opposed to the corruption and paternalism associated with the institutionalised church and state until the 20th century welfare continued to be characterised by its focus on the genuinely poor or disadvantaged the localised system of distribution and the emphasis on private duty to help ones fellow man the movement to centralised and generalised welfare drew its main inspiration from Benthamite philosophy however the two world wars acted as catalysts to this process by making governments feel that in the situation of war society needed to be organised and provided for by central management the socialists who came to power after the second world war found these arrangements totally conducive to their philosophy and proceeded to entrench the system permanently the nationalisation of benevolence was carried through during the second World War even before the socialist victory of 1945 but it was the post-war Labor government that completed the transformation of benevolence from a concern for some people into a concern for all peoples needs the objects of that concern were no longer a particular group the needy but the totality of needs - needs of education health welfare and security the last two being open ended concepts that could receive almost any content Neil McInnes The Politics of Needs - or Who Needs Politics Human Needs and Politics ed Ross Fitzgerald Sydney 1977 p 242.
On Celebrity Worship:
The theory behind how and why we come to worship celebrities and why some of us are more affected than others is a popculture question almost as old as pop culture itself in fact experts say that as long as there have been those who pull ahead of the crowd in fame or fortune there has been a curious crowd wanting to follow Fischoff who has academically studied the cult of celebrity says the very need to find an idol and follow him is programmed into our DNA whats in our DNA as a social animal is the interest in looking at alpha males and females the ones who are important in the pack says Fischoff we are sociologically preprogrammed to follow the leader he says and notes that we are biochemical sitting ducks for the Hollywood star system even the stars themselves get caught up in the mystique i know celebrities that are star struck by other celebrities even major politicians are more likely to sit up and take notice of an issue when a celebrity is doing the talking so this is clearly something that really is in our DNA says Fischoff however the real issue may be that some of us clearly handle the impact of that DNA better than others thats precisely the finding of several studies that helped establish the idea of Celebrity Worship as a recognizable mental health problem for some in research published in the British Journal of Psychology psychologists established a sliding scale of celebrity worship one in which the devoted fan becomes increasingly hooked into the object of their attention until their feelings begin to resemble addiction in another study with more than 600 people psychologists found that about a third qualified for a condition they coined celebrity worship syndrome a condition wherein at its most severe the object of our worship becomes the central figure in our lives information about the celebrity or any little thing from their life is like a fix the worshiper must have they are almost compelled to learn more read more know more and its nonending says Long Island NY psychologist Abby Aronowitz PhD Experts say some even begin to believe they have some special connection to the celebrity not surprisingly the study also found feverish fans are likelier to suffer from anxiety depression and social dysfunction and while the authors are clear on the fact that being a fan does not cause you to be dysfunctional they say it can certainly increase your risk.
I'll admit I didn't read the blurb on charity because it reminded me of a school textbook :P
For the op,
What I'm getting at here is that even a very well thought-out message can get lost in translation.
Taking the time to use basic punctuation and clearing up any gross spelling errors is not only kind to your would-be readers, it allows you to better communicate your message.
Friends don't let friends post walls of text.
Original Post by lolla:
you guys donnt have to be such bitches
maybe then you guys would enderstand how important global citizensship is
I may only be able to read german, french, spanish and english, but I have yet to run across a written language that doesn't incorporate composition structure. It's there for a reason.
As for spelling, whether or not english is your primary language, I can recommend SpellBound. It's a plugin for Firefox that underscores all spelling errors and recommends an alternate spelling. Something similar is likely available for whichever browser you use.
Happy posting.
I don't believe in global citizenship, I like that every nation has its own quirks, traditions, customs and attitudes. If I had millions of dollars I would do the same thing Angelina does and travel around the world helping out but I don't so I tend to look out for myself first and foremost, cuz nobody else will.
Original Post by sabineyvr:
PS: Lolla no need to start calling people names.
Pfft... that's called international relations ;)
Everybody play nice, remember the rules. No name calling.
Discuss the topic, not bash the posters.
Now who wants to edit certain words or sentences before I do.
You don't have to get along, you just have to play nice.
And use nice words.
but the fact yu guys care so much means yu have absloulty too much time
Spoiled candy, I do hope those are healthy snacks and drinks :)
And I agree that helping out who you can when you can is good for the world as a whole. And that it's much easier to convey a message when done properly. Not necessarily perfect, but well enough that it is easy to read. It not only makes it easier for the reader to understand, it also shows a pride and feeling of importance in what you have to say. Remember that what you say and how you say it reflects directly on you as a person.
Just my $.02.
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