Comments on: Blog action day: The limited view on poverty in Western societies http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/ Exploring the web for change. Connecting people and ideas. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:55:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection By: Anthony Wylde http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/comment-page-1/#comment-904 Anthony Wylde Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:04:14 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/#comment-904 Very good post. I think poverty in western countries today is very different to poverty 100 years ago - but our governments still view it as the same. Most western countries have addressed the physical aspects of poverty (even though it's often not very effective). Starvation, disease, unclean water, and lack of access to education do not exist nearly on the same scale as a century ago. But now problems are more psychological. People are often born into welfare, do not want to pursue education, do not want to work, and heavily abuse substances. Lack of ambition, self-worth, and general happiness are endemic. I think it is crucial to place more emphasis on the mental and psychological causes of poverty, and provide more funding accordingly. Very good post. I think poverty in western countries today is very different to poverty 100 years ago – but our governments still view it as the same. Most western countries have addressed the physical aspects of poverty (even though it’s often not very effective). Starvation, disease, unclean water, and lack of access to education do not exist nearly on the same scale as a century ago. But now problems are more psychological. People are often born into welfare, do not want to pursue education, do not want to work, and heavily abuse substances. Lack of ambition, self-worth, and general happiness are endemic. I think it is crucial to place more emphasis on the mental and psychological causes of poverty, and provide more funding accordingly.

]]> By: kouji haiku http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/comment-page-1/#comment-660 kouji haiku Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:04:04 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/#comment-660 interesting post. indeed. different countries associated different images and standards with poverty. really, we should all just do what we can. for my part, i turn to sites like freerice (rice donation), kiva (microfinance), and goodsearch (donation per search), as ways to help alleviate poverty online. i also put up their banners on my blog. :) saw this post via the blog action day site. it's great that you're participating. :) interesting post. indeed. different countries associated different images and standards with poverty. really, we should all just do what we can.

for my part, i turn to sites like freerice (rice donation), kiva (microfinance), and goodsearch (donation per search), as ways to help alleviate poverty online. i also put up their banners on my blog. :)

saw this post via the blog action day site. it’s great that you’re participating. :)

]]> By: Meg http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Meg Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:52:48 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/#comment-659 Great post! Its so true that in most developed nations our vision of poor is severely limited. I just read in the ODE Magazine BAD08 post “It’s commonly assumed that the opposite of poor is rich, but actually it’s sufficiency—a sense that there is enough.” I think that by the time poverty has become endemic in any place, the answer to it is no longer just money. Sure, money helps, but its access to resources, to education, to opportunities that help the poor reach sufficiency! Great post! Its so true that in most developed nations our vision of poor is severely limited.

I just read in the ODE Magazine BAD08 post
“It’s commonly assumed that the opposite of poor is rich, but actually it’s sufficiency—a sense that there is enough.”

I think that by the time poverty has become endemic in any place, the answer to it is no longer just money. Sure, money helps, but its access to resources, to education, to opportunities that help the poor reach sufficiency!

]]> By: Alex http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Alex Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:18:24 +0000 http://www.crisscrossed.net/2008/10/15/blog-action-day-the-limited-view-on-poverty-in-western-societies/#comment-658 Great post, Thank you for sharing, I myself wrote about it here: http://www.guruofsales.com/general/427/fight-poverty-its-blog-action-day-today and got a huge respond from readers and other bloggers. Would you please honor us and share your thoughts by leaving a comment on our post? I am trying to come up with something new tomorrow and I will include and encourage readers to visit your blog back so we can all unite to fight poverty. Great post, Thank you for sharing, I myself wrote about it here: http://www.guruofsales.com/general/427/fight-poverty-its-blog-action-day-today and got a huge respond from readers and other bloggers. Would you please honor us and share your thoughts by leaving a comment on our post? I am trying to come up with something new tomorrow and I will include and encourage readers to visit your blog back so we can all unite to fight poverty.

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