It's ironic how good and bad things can reverse roles sometimes. Too much of a good thing can be bad while a little of a bad thing can be good. Isn't that perverse? Good things come in the progression of "good, better, best" and bad things in "bad, worse, and something worse than worse".
Food and drink are considered "good" but if you eat and drink too much you get fat, look bad and have severe health risks. That makes them bad. Actually it's not their fault. It's ours, so why do we blame them? Almost anything you can think of that is considered good can, in excess,turn into bad. The opposite is true of those things we consider to be "bad". A little bit of "bad" can be fun but an excess of "bad" becomes more "bad", not good.
What's my point? Helping people in need is a good thing. If you help them too much and for too long, it's a bad thing. It hurts them in depriving them of self respect and initiative. Along with this limited "good", there must be a little "bad" so those being helped don't become accustomed to our help and actually embrace it, sometimes to the point where they feel entitled and demand more.
Some of these people are not responsible for their condition but many others can provide the community some service in exchange for its help. This would enable some to work or learn to work while saving taxpayers money. What might seem "bad" to some would actually be a "good" thing.
What do you think?
Food and drink are considered "good" but if you eat and drink too much you get fat, look bad and have severe health risks. That makes them bad. Actually it's not their fault. It's ours, so why do we blame them? Almost anything you can think of that is considered good can, in excess,turn into bad. The opposite is true of those things we consider to be "bad". A little bit of "bad" can be fun but an excess of "bad" becomes more "bad", not good.
What's my point? Helping people in need is a good thing. If you help them too much and for too long, it's a bad thing. It hurts them in depriving them of self respect and initiative. Along with this limited "good", there must be a little "bad" so those being helped don't become accustomed to our help and actually embrace it, sometimes to the point where they feel entitled and demand more.
Some of these people are not responsible for their condition but many others can provide the community some service in exchange for its help. This would enable some to work or learn to work while saving taxpayers money. What might seem "bad" to some would actually be a "good" thing.
What do you think?
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