Re:This is what happens when you lend money to poor people
by rokhayakebe on Wednesday September 05, 2007 @11:41PM
(#50917)
Clearly this guy is outside his mind. You might have a bad experience with a few white, black, poor, or rich people, but this certainly does not mean they are all the same. I have experienced similar situations several where people ask me stupid fucking questions or make ignorant comments just because of where I am from. I usually do not respond to such low level of maturity and knowledge and the few times I do I make sure they leave the room felling way less intellectual than I am (although I am not so smart, maybe a little bit). Sorry you got screwed by poor people, but not all poor people are the same. There are several stories we can tell about rich people screwing other rich people, in fct I am sure there are more of those cases than his.
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Re:This is what happens when you lend money to poor people
by Alex3917 on Thursday September 06, 2007 @12:28AM
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If you had read more than the first two paragraphs you would have realized it was satire.
Re:This is what happens when you lend money to poor people
by andreyf on Thursday September 06, 2007 @12:55AM
(#50948)
I read the entire thing and I had no idea. I've a habit of leading people on to see how absurd of a thing I can get them to agree to. Like go to "conservative" club meetings (in college) and see how many people you can convince that Arabs shouldn't be considered human. Or why people that can't afford health care obviously don't deserve it, or how they ought to be forbidden to reproduce, etc.
It's scary.
Re:This is what happens when you lend money to poor people
by davidw on Thursday September 06, 2007 @03:49AM
(#50999)
The key piece of evidence that it's satire:
"Michael Lewis in Berkeley, California"
They would crucify him there if he really meant what he wrote;-)
I didn't find it particularly entertaining, though.