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Three men fell into vesicles of an gargantuan talc crystal. The first man cried for help until someone heard and pulled him out of the hole. The second man was lucky enough to fall into a waterproof hole with enough lumber to make a raft. Coincidentally, a monsoon soaked the region and filled the hole with water allowing the man to float to safety. The third man used his bare hands to carve stairs from the crystal and walked out. During the same century the sons/daughters of these three men fell into the same holes as their predecessors. The son of the first man cried for help but no one came. He died and was absorbed into the crystal. The son of the second man found himself in a hole without sticks. Once again the monsoon soaked the region and he drowned. The son of the third man walked up the stairs that had been built by his father.
Trash vs Clothing made out of trash?
posted by Louis at 11:06 AM
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Here's a question about the third guy, the one who escaped his hole using the stairs his father built:
After he got himself out of his hole he walks by one of the other guys stuck in their hole. What does he do? Does he carry on walking because he knows he is safe and he's his only priority? Maybe he carries on because his ancestors had already given him an opportunity at a good life and if the other guy's ancestors didn't help themselves then he should have to suffer?
OR does he stop and do what he can to help the guy survive?
Maybe instead of just pulling him out he'll even explain to the guy how the stairs were built and help him make his way out....creating stairs that the next generations will still be able to use...to save themselves.
The point of the story was to illustrate that the man who always relies on others for help will inevitably find himself in a situation where he must fend for himself and will fail. The man who depends on luck/divine intervention will inevitably fail. etc...
After the third man got out, he walked to the nearest internet cafe and went to makepovertyhistory.org. From this website he was able to buy a white bracelet that made him feel like he was making a difference and enabled him to look down on people without the white bracelet. He then used all of the money his dad gave him to buy clothes, expensive coffee, courses about spanish poetry and travel the world. He also finds true love.
i sense hostility.
that's all.
First of all, i would like to apologize for letting things get out of hand on my blog. Sometimes my passion for arguing gets in the way of my compassion. I choose not to ignore my own hypocrisy and realize that despite my best intentions, i still haven't dedicated my whole life to solving injustice. We need all kinds of people to solve this problem. People who will donate money, people who are willing to donate their time, people who are willing to put an end to the developed world's stranglehold on the third world's arable land. It's not easy for all of us to find out which one of these roles would be the most helpful to mankind as a whole. I just wish you wouldn't make so many assumptions about the "people" who don't "understand".
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