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Originally Posted by redvalaria  you know, I have walked that walk.
I had three children, two in diapers. My husband was hit by a car and injured his back. He was a roofer. his company couldn't insure him with the fractured back, so he was fired. He ended up delivering pizza with three kids to feed because that's all he could do.
I cut hair when I could, did some freelance stuff when he could be home with the kids.
I didn't resort to anything unethical. I went to the bread store...found a mission that had "day old" foods donated, was it embarrasing? Sure, but I did not let my circumstances undermine my ethics.
wrong, is wrong. and if we were on any other thread and someone said "I am about to go pick up my 6 week old designer puppy" no one would be saying "well, its ok, cause they are broke, go ahead and risk it". We would be outraged.
life is shades of gray. believe me, I have lived in most of them, but if you give up your principles every time it gets tough? you didn't have many to begin with. |
We all judge people with OUR set of principles. Only WE thing OURS is right. Other people think we're nuts to dress our little furbabies up in their little pink faux fur lined jackets and spend $10.00 on a bow for their hair that matches their jacket and possibly booties. We think that's sane. Others think we should be committed.
I was watching Meet the Natives last night. It was fascinating. The way people raised one way think vs the way another set think.
The things they found shocking about us vs the things we found shocking about them. in regards to dogs: they stayed at homes where the dogs were pets. Their trip to the Petco was a riot!. When they finally went to California one of their hosts asked if they ate dogs and they debated wheather to tell the truth. If the dog wasn't friendly or damaged anothers property they ate it. to them a dog was meant for helping to hunt, protect the village or to eat I guess. That's how they were raised to think. Of course the hosts were appalled. I would have been and then hugged mine to me a little tighter. I was raised to think they're beloved members of the family.
If I went to India they would be appalled to learn I like my steaks. I'm freaked they treat theirs like honored guests....... cause it's a cow.....
Some people are raised to see a dog as a commodity. Perhaps seeing those many families with their companion animals may have had an affect on those tribesmen and they'll be a little nicer to their dogs when they go back... Maybe the next dog won't end up as stew.... maybe next time I go out to eat I'll have the salad and not the steak... maybe...
Meet the Natives: USA - TV Show - Travel Channel
I really did question a lot of the things we do without knowing why after watching some of these shows.