🚀 go-pugleaf

Michael R. Gustafson II (mrg@acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
: Mr. Pavliv-
: 	It may amaze you to be told this - but YOU ARE CLUELESS.  You
: have well overstepped the bounds of having an opinion into the realm
: of being obnoxious without even knowing why.  The fact that someone is
: willing to ask for help for someone who may well contribute a great deal
: to society as a whole but does not have the resources to do so is a
: loving gesture.  Clearly, if it were believed that the /state/ were
: to owe something, other peoples' contributions wouldn't be sought,
: would they?  It is the responsibility of the familty to get the
: education paid for - this is one ways being used in an attempt to
: do so.  Meanwhile, your last statement was totally out of line and 
: unforgivably hurtful.

I do not respect panhandlers on the sidewalk and I do not respect 
panhandlers on the Internet.  This newsgroup is not and ought not 
to be a place to seek financial donations.

If you believe that giving money to a
beggar will benefit society you are welcome to give all the money you
want to but do not pretend that you walk on higher moral ground than
those who disagree with you.