Comments on: Fondation Abbe Pierre http://www.stillad.com/fondation-abbe-pierre-2005.htm Advertising Photography & Print Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:49:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gemma http://www.stillad.com/fondation-abbe-pierre-2005.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1108 Gemma Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:07:13 +0000 http://www.stillad.com/?p=2005#comment-1108 macsnafu, i might point out that the role of any government is to aid its people, be they homeless or not. so the 'redistribution of wealth' you speak of - through welfare homeless shelters or other aid to these people - is the respective government doing exactly what they have to do. although the foundation here is not the government, they are playing their role effectively by providing these people with shelter, and if you do not wish to donate your wealth then noone is going to force you, so noone will be 'violating' your rights. Fine for you if you're happy to let someone live in dilapidated conditions, for one reason or another, but as the blogger stated i think these ads could really open others' eyes to the distance only a little donation could make. additionally, basic human rights are not subjective politics - 'right to shelter' IS a key component of the UN basic human rights which you and I are clearly lucky enough to have thanks to the lottery of where and into which socioeconomic situation we were born. one final thing - there's no way of knowing how many people become homeless. yes, there are people who brought it on themselves. but if i may hazard a guess, there are probably many who suffered extenuating circumstances that left them where they are, in their 6m squared. macsnafu, i might point out that the role of any government is to aid its people, be they homeless or not. so the ‘redistribution of wealth’ you speak of – through welfare homeless shelters or other aid to these people – is the respective government doing exactly what they have to do. although the foundation here is not the government, they are playing their role effectively by providing these people with shelter, and if you do not wish to donate your wealth then noone is going to force you, so noone will be ‘violating’ your rights. Fine for you if you’re happy to let someone live in dilapidated conditions, for one reason or another, but as the blogger stated i think these ads could really open others’ eyes to the distance only a little donation could make.

additionally, basic human rights are not subjective politics – ‘right to shelter’ IS a key component of the UN basic human rights which you and I are clearly lucky enough to have thanks to the lottery of where and into which socioeconomic situation we were born.

one final thing – there’s no way of knowing how many people become homeless. yes, there are people who brought it on themselves. but if i may hazard a guess, there are probably many who suffered extenuating circumstances that left them where they are, in their 6m squared.

]]> By: macsnafu http://www.stillad.com/fondation-abbe-pierre-2005.htm/comment-page-1#comment-734 macsnafu Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:45:26 +0000 http://www.stillad.com/?p=2005#comment-734 Your politics are coming through--"right to shelter"? And whose rights must be violated in order to provide this right to shelter for the homeless? I'm not unsympathetic to the problems of poverty and homelessness, but I am opposed to dubious means of dealing with them, especially when it involves fabricating conflicting "rights" that involve coercive redistribution of wealth without consideration of how that wealth is created in the first place. We also tend to gloss over how the homeless become homeless. Your politics are coming through–”right to shelter”? And whose rights must be violated in order to provide this right to shelter for the homeless? I’m not unsympathetic to the problems of poverty and homelessness, but I am opposed to dubious means of dealing with them, especially when it involves fabricating conflicting “rights” that involve coercive redistribution of wealth without consideration of how that wealth is created in the first place. We also tend to gloss over how the homeless become homeless.

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