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Date Posted: 12/06/10 12:20:28am
Author: Peter Eveleigh
Subject: Re: Food and poverty
In reply to: Luke 's message, "Food and poverty" on 11/06/10 10:18:52pm

I really have to disagree. I never experienced grinding poverty in community. I think I had it easy. For three years someone else (sisters) did all the laundry, all the cooking, etc and despite being unemployed a lot of the time, all my immediate needs were met and I had no debt.

Yes, maybe some people would have been better off without community, but an awful lot of people, possibly a majority (especially these days when they target less well off, working class people) would probably be worse off (not emotionally and spiritually, but certainly economically).

Sure, we didn't have TV etc and clothes were simple and furniture second hand, but even now I am not sure that matters much.

I also have to say that when I was there, the food could be monotonous, sure, but it was nutritious and there was lots of it.

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Replies:

Re: Food and poverty -- Luke, 12/06/10 6:41:50am
- Re: Food and poverty -- the artist formerly known as anon., 12/06/10 7:46:12am
  - Re: Food and poverty -- Luke (Seen it now), 12/06/10 7:55:33am
    - Re: under pressure -- the artist formerly known as anon., 12/06/10 10:57:35am
      - Re: under pressure -- Luke, 12/06/10 12:04:06pm
        the JA makes debtors of its poorer members -- Peter Eveleigh, 12/06/10 4:07:18pm
        Re: the JA makes debtors of its poorer members -- Luke, 12/06/10 4:43:55pm
        Re: the JA makes debtors of its poorer members -- Peter Eveleigh, 12/06/10 7:29:43pm
        Re: the JA makes debtors of its poorer members -- Luke, 12/06/10 7:49:25pm
        That is just sick -- Barbara, 14/06/10 11:05:58am
        Re: That is just sick -- Luke, 14/06/10 4:46:14pm
        Debt -- Barbara, 14/06/10 6:20:23pm
        Re: Debt -- Luke, 14/06/10 6:33:40pm
Shoes -- Barbara, 14/06/10 10:56:15am
- Re: Shoes -- Luke, 14/06/10 3:05:11pm
  - Re: Shoes - child abuse -- Barbara, 14/06/10 6:13:01pm
    - Re: Shoes - child abuse -- Luke, 14/06/10 6:26:31pm

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>I really have to disagree. I never experienced >grinding poverty in community. I think I had it easy. >For three years someone else (sisters) did all the >laundry, all the cooking, etc and despite being >unemployed a lot of the time, all my immediate needs >were met and I had no debt. > >Yes, maybe some people would have been better off >without community, but an awful lot of people, >possibly a majority (especially these days when they >target less well off, working class people) would >probably be worse off (not emotionally and >spiritually, but certainly economically). > >Sure, we didn't have TV etc and clothes were simple >and furniture second hand, but even now I am not sure >that matters much. > >I also have to say that when I was there, the food >could be monotonous, sure, but it was nutritious and >there was lots of it.
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