But it's that whole concept of being "obligated" that I'm taking issue with. With which I'm taking issue. It's the difference between giving a gift of love and paying a debt. Yes, we see parents as being obligated to provide for their children, and the state as obligated to support single parents, and with all this obligation it's hardly surprising if love doesn't enter into the equation. axylides once overheard two girls on a bus discussing how to get a council house: first you have a baby, then you chuck the man out, then when you've got a flat he comes back and you have another baby...
stevieannie's right, we have to live in the world as it is, and Wilkins Micawber Applies. (Believe me, I know.) But if this temple-planet is ever to stop being a den of thieves and money-changers, humanity needs to escape from the habits of thought that tempt us to see everything as a balance sheet, and every gift we possess as a commodity to be hoarded or sold (suitably diluted) for whatever the market will bear, and everything we don't possess as something to be coveted and bought cheap or stolen if possible. We need to change the way we look at life.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2005-08-23 04:04 pm (UTC)I think it's doable.