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Comment by John Wiant on February 3, 2013 at 11:10am I remember a sad experience I had at one point in my life, where a series of misunderstandings lead some bikers where I worked to pressure me to quit, by threatening me. It worked. I was not willing to get hurt just to keep my job. However, during and following that experience, I was quite honest about it all with my employer, my friends and my family. Some of them had visions of a gang of bikers showing up where ever I went, and at one point, one of my life long friends said, "Don't come to MY house; I don't want a gang of bikers showing up THERE!"
During that period of time, I learned a life lesson a lot of people never learn. It's something you can only learn from experience and in this case, that means / by definition: the HARD way.
The lesson was: The absolute worst kind of DISRESPECT you can ever experience is, when people FEEL SORRY for you. Oh, I'm not talking about the kind of thing where a kid falls down and cries after a skinned knee..... I'm talking about genuine pity on somebody as if that person is pathetic. In this case, I felt that some of my friends were essentially thinking I had lost my mind, and/or I had gotten myself into such a position that I was likely to be completely devastated (perhaps killed?) as a result. They had no intention of helping me and wanted to simply create lots of distance between me and them. They could only offer me pity. In stark contrast, I had at least two friends who immediately made statements like, "I'm sorry to hear that - how can I HELP?"
THIS period of my life is what I think of when I see a street person / happy to get ONE dollar from me, or a neighborhood with black people who look angry, afraid, hungry and desperate. Most of us feel pity on the whole geographic area. We draw a big circle around it and say, "WHY doesn't somebody DO something about that?" However, in my case, I am more inclined to think, "if there is a glimmer of hope for anyone living in there, they should find a backpack, and walk the hell out of there, and try to never look back."
The reason I think that way is just what you're saying Cap Black: The people you'll NEVER see in that neighborhood are the "jail keepers" .....the people in charge.....the White Liberals who are like vampires that get their job security from the blood of the people they keep in chains, locked up in those ghettos.
Part of me would like to see every single inner city person just walk out. Pack up and get your most precious things and just leave. Merge into society where there MIGHT be a large enough group of self reliant independent people around you, that you can "get the idea" and make a LIFE out of it.
The overwhelmingly obvious obstacles to being surrounded by those reliant on Government for survival SHOULD be just as obviously GONE the minute you leave such an environment.
Here's an example: There is a guy from FL who lives out of his truck, which he has parked somewhere in the woods. He hangs out in front of local 7-11's with small boards and a guitar case full of small tools and he makes carved fish and similar things. He carves them with razor knives and then uses a torch to make them look finished and rustic. He usually gets $20 each and his sign reads: Homeless ; please buy my crafts.
He probably sells at least 5 of those a day, and that is because: In this area people see him as someone they feel sorry for, and someone who needs help. They also like his self reliance and willingness to work for a living. So, in reality, he probably makes a decent living, mostly because he's HERE / not in a ghetto. Most likely, if he was black, he would feel more comfortable in a mostly black neighborhood, but in that context, he wouldn't do nearly as well. The point is: If someone is in a bad neighborhood and the obvious "solution" to their problems is seen as the Government / it's a trap; it's a slavery prescription. I believe, the only way to truly SEE this is to find out from experience / the HARD way....to find out who and where those true friends really are, and how OBVIOUSLY - they won't be filled with PITY.
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