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Originally Posted by fringe_dweller
..renormalised, erm chronic diseases ( even hard work related gawd forbid) majority of homeless ppl have mental illness's but dont worry greed is good, or betterer, GFC was only a stumble/blip, bernie madoff was a good bloke so was bondy, they been framed! by poor people, those ungrateful swines, politics of envy, sounds like gollum preciooous, let them eat cake (like houses)
sigh, its true this planet is stuffed for sure, how much CO2 does it take to make some of these homes?
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Oh come on!!!. Go and re-read what I wrote, please!!!
Catergorising the majority of homeless people having mental illness is a load of twaddle. Many do, yes, and it's understandable...some had it beforehand, others developed it, but a hell of a lot don't. Lumping them all into a category like "mental illness" is a salve for those who would rather see them as being different and that's why they're in the state they are. Anyone of us could end up like that, true, and heaven forbid we do (I've nearly been at that stage a couple of times), but that doesn't mean we should let ourselves go and just bemoan our lot in life. Many of these people are getting pensions and such, but they squander their money. Gambling and heavy drinking etc, is an addiction just like any other, but it's not necessarily a mental illness. It can and does contribute to them developing one in many cases, but it's not one per se. Hell, if they were mental illnesses, most Australians would be mentally ill!!.
Taking your line of reasoning to it's end, why don't we all go live in lean-to's and tents...or build ourselves log cabins....but only small ones, just enough to squeeze into and that's that. If you begrudge someone with money buying a place like that (quite frankly, all this talk is nothing more than closet envy...people won't admit it but they'd like a slice of the money too), then I hope when you win a big lotto prize, you donate all the proceedings to charity and the poor.
Charity begins at home...never truer a saying than that. You can't help someone out if you're in the muck yourself. Look after you own backyard first, then you can start to think about looking after others.
Mr Ellison may have bad taste (I don't particularly like the home's style, either), but you have no idea of anything he may do for charity...and it's most likely you won't because those people who are decent enough don't go advertising what they do. They just do it. They're not out to be "famous" or get noticed. They're not out to rip off people (like Madoff). They care enough to do what's right, but they're not excessive, attention seeking, or stupid about it.
Funny thing, if it wasn't for many of these "crass and immoral" people, you'd be out of a job and (maybe) on the street. Think about that next time you have a go at them.