Posted by Dinah on November 28, 2005, at 9:18:56
In reply to Re: just one more... » Dinah, posted by alexandra_k on November 27, 2005, at 18:38:05
I'm not sure I know what to say.
Other than I think that goals are more similar than you do, in almost all people.
And I'm not sure it's possible to have productive dialogue without that basic assumption. Surely you believe that I don't want people living in poverty any more than you do. Or that Bill Gates (as an example of an exceptionally rich man) doesn't want to see people in poverty any more than you do, for that matter. Even if you don't believe that people genuinely want to help the poor, poverty isn't in anyone's best interests as an issue. There is a heck of a lot of differences in the way people see fit to address poverty. But not much difference in the desire to address it.
I'm not sure it's possible to productively discuss the differences in methods without acknowledging the similarities in goals.
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