tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post8211847833912286190..comments2023-07-05T08:17:21.505-04:00Comments on Getting to the Point: What Will the Poor Do?Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-1719700212418143032014-02-05T11:58:04.569-05:002014-02-05T11:58:04.569-05:00You are a member of a World wide Catholic clerical...You are a member of a World wide Catholic clerical elite, no? You are treated with respect, even reverence. You travel World wide or were you not just in Rome? Your generously larded frame belies having ever missed a meal or even eaten plain fare. Your posts here have more the ring of pronouncement than humble opinion.<br /><br />Do not be coy, Father Denis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523830314348019666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-69583247971535366002014-02-05T09:52:29.749-05:002014-02-05T09:52:29.749-05:00I... don't think you read my post correctly. I...I... don't think you read my post correctly. I am not part of 'the governing class' (haven't passed a law, nor exempted myself from any existing laws, since ever!), and my annual income and expenditures actually puts me (and the members of my community) well below the poverty line, so I'm not sure where you're coming from here. God bless you! Fr. Denis Lemieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049723287624178155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668594987436792920.post-12014936370003568762014-02-04T19:40:37.117-05:002014-02-04T19:40:37.117-05:00Why do the poor not vote? I don't think it'...Why do the poor not vote? I don't think it's from apathy. They probably actively wish they weren't poor and had some way to make it not so. Ignorance? If ignorance was a barrier to participation in the governance of society society would be governed much differently.<br /><br />I think they don't participate from fear and intimidation. <br /><br />History tells us that the poor do not rise up until they are dying. Of starvation, exposure or both and have an identifiable culprit or culprits available within their grasp.<br /><br />I don't think we're there yet. Maybe it's a pity we are not. Are you afraid of what the poor will do to you when they rise up? Why? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523830314348019666noreply@blogger.com