On: I Used to Be Homeless

[kakarot]

It's a disservice to the poor to allow them to become unfairly entrenched in the legal system. No one is ignoring crimes wholesale. This argument is about which of these "crimes" are legitimate and which aren't.

[RobertRoberts → kakarot]

My mother's family was so poor that they ran out of beans to feed 7 kids one winter. They never stole, hurt anyone or broke any laws.

[kakarot → RobertRoberts]

That's great for her, but that doesn't define the moral boundary.

[RobertRoberts → kakarot]

Society decides the moral boundry, and currently stealing is immoral.

[kakarot → RobertRoberts]

No. It's all about context. Thinking in such absolutes is a sign of low intelligence and empathy.

[RobertRoberts → kakarot]

Then clarify your context, what crime is appropriate for homeless people and the poor to be arrested for?

I say it's the laws that currently exist, what do you say?

[kakarot → RobertRoberts]

What kind of question is that? It doesn't even make sense and I don't know what kind of answer you expect. Why do you continue to derail this conversation so hard?

[RobertRoberts → kakarot]

I was discussing this point:

>"It's discriminatory [law] against the poor, not the homeless"

I think it's fair to express how my experience is evidence that this is not a universal truth and there is room to challenge it.

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