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As long as there is money to be made, nothing else quite matters, does it?
We build gated-communities with security guards to keep out the have nots,
condominium fortresses that promise ever greater exclusivity and opulence.
But outside these high walls, we see the number of poor growing in our midst.
We see the lines for free meals lengthening at churches and temples. We see
our elderly dragging their aching bodies to work so that they can earn a few
dollars to feed themselves.
We become calloused and immune to all this. We shrug our shoulders and sigh a
sigh of resignation. After a while it even ceases to bother us. We have lost the
ability to feel outrage at life's injustices.
- http://theonlinecitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Freedom-Award-speech-by-Dr-Chee-Soon-Juan.pdf
We build gated-communities with security guards to keep out the have nots,
condominium fortresses that promise ever greater exclusivity and opulence.
But outside these high walls, we see the number of poor growing in our midst.
We see the lines for free meals lengthening at churches and temples. We see
our elderly dragging their aching bodies to work so that they can earn a few
dollars to feed themselves.
We become calloused and immune to all this. We shrug our shoulders and sigh a
sigh of resignation. After a while it even ceases to bother us. We have lost the
ability to feel outrage at life's injustices.
- http://theonlinecitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Freedom-Award-speech-by-Dr-Chee-Soon-Juan.pdf
