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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:43 PM Original message |
Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor? Op-Ed BARBARA EHRENREICH |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's not a crime to be mentally ill. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Maybe you should try sleeping under a bridge.... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Maybe the author should write more honest (and less sensationalistic) headlines |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Ever been homeless? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. My point is that nobody is cited for "being homeless"...ot "being poor", as the author claims. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. She was very precise. She said "almost" illegal. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Exactly. |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. The writer is more than honest......as always we tend to look the other way |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. it absolutely is a crime to be mentally ill |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. actually it is crime not to have a place to sleep other than public |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. “The law, in its majestic equality, |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. It may be a crime |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I know how I dealt with it |
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Ocracoker16 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Warpy, thank you so much for sharing |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-20-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. Whaddaya mean, "now" Barbara? In America, it's been a crime for at least 29 years. n/t |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
15. Kick |
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