Disabled people in this case are by definition welfare scroungers – that is if they are going to be life-long dependents (as in not paying it back with their own taxes).
Also, not that I fully disagree with you but “Imagine having a locksmith round to replace your locks, then finding out he’s the biggest burglar in your area.”, wouldn’t it be better to compare him to a local store selling masks or something?
1Dgaf
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“Disabled people in this case are by definition welfare scroungers – that is if they are going to be life-long dependents (as in not paying it back with their own taxes).”
Scroungers are people who take welfare when it’s undeserved. If it costs me a few quid a year in taxes to help look after disabled people that are unable to work, I’m glad to pay it.
What people don’t seem to think about - especially if they are young and healthy - is that we are all temporarily able bodied. At some point, either through age, illness or both, there’ll be a point when you, me and everyone on this board will have bad eyesight, be unsteady on our feet and have reduced memory and/or cognitive ability.
So, purely out of self interest, we should care for one another.
I do not think you comprehended my comment correctly. I just mean some disabled people are by definition scroungers because this is one of the uses of the word: “To obtain (something) by begging or borrowing with no intention of reparation”. Some of these folk will obviously not be making reparations.
“So, purely out of self interest, we should care for one another.”
I think it would be best to say its a case by case sort of thing.
1Dgaf
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So, if a person falls down on the street and asks for help, they’re scrounging? Because if they got help, that would be receiving a form of aid, right? And you’ll not be able to tell if they help someone else out later. (Unless you ask them for a dollar before you pick them up.)
Going to a dictionary is fine for clarification - but it needs to support your argument. You see, I’d wager that neither you, nor I, can adequately clarify what reparation is (money? volunteering? Being kind to people?) or what value it has. Also, it doesn’t take into account the notion of * deserving* aid. Or the long term effects of putting ‘dictionary policies’ into effect.
