tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post3150194635793551558..comments2023-11-02T02:58:53.594-07:00Comments on From the Pew: Zoning Laws (Part 6) Separation of the PoorSteve Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10297044571819912511noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-54655191932439502872007-05-16T07:44:00.000-07:002007-05-16T07:44:00.000-07:00When my kids were little, I would often 'deprogram...When my kids were little, I would often 'deprogram' them on the way home from Sunday School. Things got said that just didn't sit well with my conscience. One such memorable morning was when they talked about charity. I quized them what they learned. "We should give to the poor." "Who is 'the poor'" "People who have less than us." "So some people have less money. But some people have less time and some people have more or less skills and talents. And that all might change over time, right?" "Okay." "So some people have more of certain things than us and we have more of certain thing than others." "Okay." "What does that mean?" "I guess sometimes we should help people and sometimes they should help us." "Right. Like when your grandpa died, neighbors were nice and helpful, and when our neighbor's husband died, we were the ones being helpful." "Right. And like we gave our cloths that we outgrew to the nieghbor kid cuz he's younger and their dad loaned us his tools when we fixed the car." "Exactly."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com