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Originally posted by Trogdawg
... a bum is just that a bum. He/she has no $$, no life, no responsibility, no food, nothing. He/she is not a free tree hugging spirit, he/she is trapped in a life they'd give up in a minute for a 'normal' one. With a home, food in a fridge, family, friends, a JOB.
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i'm sorry to interrupt, but how do you know this? how do you know that he has nothing? you are just comparing him to yourself, your life, and what you have and i just don't think that is the right way to judge another.
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Actually, I'm speaking from the premise that most people desire: shelter, food, and companionship in some degree. I'm not judging anyone by my standards but by those of society world wide. I think I can fairly say most people in this world desire a roof over their heads, and a full stomach. I included having a job because that's how we in America achieve these goals and maintain them.
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Most likely you'll try and talk to one, and they'll be a nutcase, or want a handout, or be an *******. A bum lives on the street. They don't stay a night at this person or that persons place. They live on the street because they have no alternative.
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once again you could be wrong. as a matter of fact i know that you are atleast in one case (my boy who is homeless). and something else to think about while we are here. there are different degrees of homelessness, and different degrees of freedom from society. i don't think we are trying to say that we want to be homeless bums. i think that was just an example given, that you have taken extremely literal and on its own, out of the context it was given.
it is like you are trying to take a fine tooth comb through something that is meant to paint a bigger picture.
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When human beings are involved there is no black and white. Like you say there are degrees of homeless. The problem with homelessness is that it's not bumness. I'm talking about bums, which I was under the impression was what you were talking about. Homeless means you have no home. Bum means you have nothing, or next to it. Most seem to have a small collection of personal artifacts including mostly clothing.
What's this freedom from society you speak of? There is no such thing. Where there exhist two people in any given area there is society. No matter how deep a jungle you run you can't erase the society that pulses through your veins from the past. What you desire, I believe, is the freedom to move within society. To become someone more than just a consumer.
Next your going to tell me that we should all live like the Indians did before the white man.
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why do you even think anyone was trying to tell you how to live?
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Maybe I assumed too much into the bum thing. It seemed you were heading on the great liberal path. That we could all cling to the nearest tree and start singing to it.
Anyways, about "life is an adventure." it's a good philosiphy to live by. It's like "it's not the destination, it's the journey." I like that one myself.
