Ah, I see. I remember now that you mentioned this guy before. I think you could consider any money you've given him as purely a gift. It's pointless expecting him to pay it back because he is very unlikely to. He probably thinks as you've got a good job and he hasn't that you can afford to be generous.

Maybe you could see him as a cross you must bear. Offer it up for the lord if that will make it feel any better. I also think being generous to this man will earn you many brownie points in heaven so if you look at it that way, you won't feel so resentful. He is after all, a stranger in a strange country and probably all his funds are going towards his tuition.

I get this impression that you could be a bit tight with money. It seems that fight with your ex over the hot dog was a similar example. Would it really have hurt you so much to just buy her another one or to buy this man a subway roll?

I am 101% sure !

The previous post had to look like this:

What annoys you about the world and society for instance?

The way capitalism has choked us while making us believe that we're breathing better.

a) What do you find morally offensive?
Evil justifications of capitalism, such as: Capitalism is part of human nature ! !

b) What agitates you about other people in general?
Deceit, conspiracies and egosism.

Also how much doubt or certainty do you attach to them?
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I am 101% sure !

Heh, god bless armchair Socialists ;p

That is a valid point, Max.  I was a poverty stricken Maryland resident with a disability (not even a severe one).

$0.00

Was that warranted or needed? perhaps you would like to say the same about my business ideas.

Oh the poor Aspie, can't do it himself...

See if you're on the show again, next caller please, hello.

I am well aware the Federal government tends to treat folk on student visas like garbage.

Can't get financial aid, not eligible to work, why I helped him at first, but he has a green card now, now eligble for both.  I did think, however, he having to delay graduation one year for lack of not too much money was too much, and helped him.

I read the same thing last night in reference to Muslim students.  The visa is conditional on going to school, no financial aid, and I am not really sure if student visa holders can work legally.  The context of the explanation was that a lot of Muslim women in America have fathers who demand too much dowry and how can a Muslim student get married under those circumstances?

I agree.  

I am also happy that the writer even suggested his fellow countrymen (Palestinians) would be better off with the few Christians in America who dare to leave a comfortable state-side life and go serve people, because his point was there are too few Muslims who do (especially in the really rich countries like Saudi Arabia Bahrain and vicinity).  His point is that many Americans (honest Christians) live as piously as the Muslims did back in the days of Mohammed.

He also had something to say about "bikini Christians" who seem to worship the naked skin as eagerly as they worship Christ, calling the women essentially naked.

After reading the bikini article, I thought, "America can do better than this.  We have to."  Although the bikini-clad American women were removed ("by request" of other Muslims), they did show three modestly clad Muslim teenagers and one young girl.  I must say I felt a sense of reverence for how attractive a woman respectfully dressed can be.

Well.... frequently I thought (back then), what if a judge ordered me employed in a proper capacity (say, applied research)?

In 1996 (and 1997 and 1998), I was a Master's in sociology with a year's paid experience in criminal justice related applied research (specifically, recidivism, gun control, the argument for legalizing drugs, and especially, domestic violence, a major problem in W. and V. made worse by the fact the geography is cumbersome, not very many cops for the available square miles, and the telephone system is sometimes a party line or unreliable)

Was the appropriate solution to have the Maryland Department of Rehabilitation Services pay for the equivalent of 1 and a half semesters of computer programming courses, at a state residential facility?

Or

Should the Americans with Disabilities Act been aggressively enforced to put a person with a disability (albeit minor) who had an advanced degree already to work?

Probably the question is, should the residents of Maryland have had to pay for the (mistakes?) of employers, some of whom were Maryland-based (one Hagerstown, one Baltimore, three Rockville, not sure if any were in Frederick)?

Or did the state of West Virginia prefer to cough up Food Stamps, Medicaid, and Division of Rehabilitative Services instead of employ a graduate of two of its state universities (Shepherd 1992 and Marshall 1996) within the Department of Education in Charleston?

That was one heck of a failed job interview.  600-700 miles from Martinsburg to Charleston (overnighting in Huntington) at 33 cents a mile.  That was the most expensive job interview I ever had (January 1998).

Good point, Ian.  Could I have done it myself?  Did I really need more education?  Or just simply aggressive enforcement of existing law?

My point is, obviously, that none of us got anywhere without what we were given by others, either directly or indirectly -- and I question whether we who have received should necessarily question how others with fewer advantages get by.

I can guarantee you there would be an army of outraged republicans furious that the state is paying for education for someone who already has a Master's degree. Me, I think the government needs to do more free education and less corporate welfare and criminal warfare.

Could you please explain what you are saying here?

I advised the young man to ask others who live much closer to the University of Maryland, College Park, than myself.
Maybe the fact that I don't use hateful language.... it is preferable to beg from people who won't throw angry words around

but yes, Max, any of us Americans are probably better off than he is.  And as I said, non-citizen students get treated like trash.

a) Rapists, diddlers.
b) Dressing or acting a certain way, just to *** attention. Imposing your beliefs.

http://www.answering-christianity.com/na...uslims.htm

http://www.answering-christianity.com/ab...ianity.htm

I thought it was interesting.

I didn't need links, I asked nicely what you meant.
Are you saying that ALL modern day Muslims aren't pious, because this statement reads to me that Muslims were only pious in the days of Mohammet?

I don't understand what relevance bikinis have to religion or anything else for that matter, how people dress is a matter of personal choice.

IF you are advocating that women should wear more clothes, shouldn't the same standards apply to men?

The author is saying that many Muslims (especially the wealthy) in places like Saudi Arabia have forgotten what is more important than money.