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Old 12-14-2006, 04:41 PM   #123
Undertoad
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Is this how someone gets treated if their lives are tragic enough to make them trip out on fantasies?
Maybe like a logic puzzle --

If you believe that some of her posts are fantasy,

and everything you know of her condition is from her posts,

what can you say with certainty about her condition?




Is it charity to simply believe her? No, because our charity requires skepticism, otherwise everyone would claim victimhood and our charity would not keep up with demand. Charity to charlatans is charity we can no longer afford to those who deserve it.

Is it charity to ignore her? I can't imagine how that is a charitable response.
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