tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458031571764013912.post5925175907211732005..comments2024-03-27T03:22:46.572-07:00Comments on The Cat's Meat Shop: The Undeserving PoorLee Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09812128348822569086noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458031571764013912.post-50185459184145429182010-11-18T02:14:34.318-08:002010-11-18T02:14:34.318-08:00If we can find reasons for blaming the poor for th...If we can find reasons for blaming the poor for their predicament then we excuse ourselves from spending our lovely money on them and can with all due moral justification keep it for ourselves.<br /><br />This notion has been with us throughout history. It appears (through its opposite) in the parable of the Good Samaritan; Charles Dickens explored it in <i>A Christmas Carol</i>; and a famous modern encapsulation of the concept was the phrase "On yer bike," emitted by a certain Norman Tebbit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com