2007-11-25 07:26:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
CRRRRR.
Interesting post.
2007-11-25 07:31:13 · update #1
Sarah L- Yeah= What?
Expand.
2007-11-25 07:32:19 · update #2
You take from my post what you will.
I am asking as the question poster.
My reason is to find out from all on here what you all think.
2007-11-25 07:39:59 · update #3
Guns.
Another thought provoking answer.
Well done.
2007-11-25 07:41:40 · update #4
If by "charity" you mean loving kindness, than of course.
If you mean generosity to the less fortunate, than the expression is too often used as an excuse for stinginess.
2007-11-25 10:31:25 · answer #1 · answered by Prof. Cochise 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not long ago I posted a question about discrimination against the poor, and another about discrimination of a very visible group of poor: the homeless. What is it with modern-day culture that some (middle-class) kids think it's some kind of sport to prey on the homeless? It's just appauling.
Where does this come from? Personally, I think alot of it has to do with consumerism and greed - these are the values tranmitted by the culture.
There has always been greed, and grand-scale consumerism became big in the 1950's and only escalated from there...
but it's getting worse. Maybe its because kids are spending so much time behind computer screens they have lost contact with the real world? The real world is an ugly place sometimes - but it's part of our reality. Any one of us can become homeless; no one is immune. If kids don't realise this, if they are unable identify with the less fortunate on a human level... if they lack the capacity for empathy and charity...
You get THIS.
Yes, charity begins at home, in the real world. And on the streets, and in the homeless shelters, and in the foodbanks...
2007-11-25 08:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Charity should begin at home and then ripple out when it is no longer needed there.
That is when you need to take care of yourself do so, When you can help other near by who are in need do so, when you are not in need and see no one around you go a look for some one who is need.
But if you don't look after yourself you can't look after anyone else.
It's an old adage and often misunderstood, One should also remember that what goes around comes around, and the faster it goes the faster it comes.
2007-11-25 08:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes , it dose, It seems like Buddhist find joy in giving, They share all that they have, it is taught in their religion. That you reap what you sow, what you give to others in this life you will receive back in the after life. I think that is a good lesson to teach all.
2007-11-25 10:04:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might help if you'd expand on what you mean by 'home.' Do you mean our individual homes, neighborhoods, towns, states, or country? "Charity begins at home" can sometimes be confused with selfishness, if not defined.
2007-11-25 07:36:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
More likely that 'thrift' is the correct term to apply.
2007-11-25 15:58:10 · answer #6 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Home is the root of many good things
2007-11-25 07:39:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes it does, and you have just opened up an old wound.
2007-11-25 16:22:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charity/kindness isn't an inherent biological trait. It is a virtue that you obtain through learning. Something that is taught to a child during the tender years.
2007-11-25 07:39:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
yeah..
2007-11-25 07:30:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋