RE: Moralizing vs. Compassion
January 6, 2016 at 9:19 am
(This post was last modified: January 6, 2016 at 9:21 am by bennyboy.)
Some new thoughts on the OP:
The problem with the squeakiest wheels is that they are often so vociferous because they have nothing else to. And they have nothing else to do because they are supported by parents, by government entitlements, by academic bursaries or scholarships, etc. I'd say they are a double curse-- not only are they a drain on society, but their feigned outrage allows them to vent their feelings of incompetence onto those too busy to squeak so much-- the hard working, middle-aged adults who pay taxes, who pay rent, etc. There's no one more eager to "fight the Man" than the ones who are butthurt by the indignity of needing the Man to keep a roof over their head, or pot money in their pockets.
/old man rant
The problem with the squeakiest wheels is that they are often so vociferous because they have nothing else to. And they have nothing else to do because they are supported by parents, by government entitlements, by academic bursaries or scholarships, etc. I'd say they are a double curse-- not only are they a drain on society, but their feigned outrage allows them to vent their feelings of incompetence onto those too busy to squeak so much-- the hard working, middle-aged adults who pay taxes, who pay rent, etc. There's no one more eager to "fight the Man" than the ones who are butthurt by the indignity of needing the Man to keep a roof over their head, or pot money in their pockets.
/old man rant
