Comments on: Legislative Justice http://subversify.com/2009/05/15/legislative-justice/ An online magazine offering an alternative, subversive perspective to mainstream media. Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Savvy http://subversify.com/2009/05/15/legislative-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Savvy Thu, 21 May 2009 20:05:54 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=1745#comment-1136 What beautiful prose! I seem to recall this from somewhere else? ;D Nice! What beautiful prose! I seem to recall this from somewhere else? ;D Nice!

]]> By: karlsie http://subversify.com/2009/05/15/legislative-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-389 karlsie Mon, 18 May 2009 08:42:54 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=1745#comment-389 A.B., either my small town influence is showing, or the piece actually shows the shift between a large, prospering middle class to the sharp division between the privileged and the underprivileged. It wasn't that long ago; throughout the seventies and the eighties, when middle class was the national average and P.T.A. drives were sufficient to support all children who desired field trips or planned special recreation. Of course, the trips were far more modest. The ambition wasn't to fly to Bermuda or Paris, but to take advantage of a facility within the reasonable range of a twelve hour bus ride. Maya, i wrote this piece while suffering from a flu virus that had invaded my stomach. I normally have a cast iron stomach and rarely suffer stomach pain, so it was pretty excruciating for me. I'm a firm believer in the theory that good mental and physical health go hand in hand. Other than allergic reactions, i rarely have health problems of any kind, but i had been undergoing a lot of stress, and already nurturing the ulcer my doctor had told me years ago i was working on. It occurred to me at that time, that we always do pay physically for our mental unhappiness, whatever its cause. Those who apparently have no concience, are the unhappiest of our. They hide their unhappiness behind lavish tastes, but the unhappiness crawls over them, creating a disease they can't combat. They are alone, and that is entirely awful. A.B., either my small town influence is showing, or the piece actually shows the shift between a large, prospering middle class to the sharp division between the privileged and the underprivileged. It wasn’t that long ago; throughout the seventies and the eighties, when middle class was the national average and P.T.A. drives were sufficient to support all children who desired field trips or planned special recreation. Of course, the trips were far more modest. The ambition wasn’t to fly to Bermuda or Paris, but to take advantage of a facility within the reasonable range of a twelve hour bus ride.

Maya, i wrote this piece while suffering from a flu virus that had invaded my stomach. I normally have a cast iron stomach and rarely suffer stomach pain, so it was pretty excruciating for me. I’m a firm believer in the theory that good mental and physical health go hand in hand. Other than allergic reactions, i rarely have health problems of any kind, but i had been undergoing a lot of stress, and already nurturing the ulcer my doctor had told me years ago i was working on. It occurred to me at that time, that we always do pay physically for our mental unhappiness, whatever its cause. Those who apparently have no concience, are the unhappiest of our. They hide their unhappiness behind lavish tastes, but the unhappiness crawls over them, creating a disease they can’t combat. They are alone, and that is entirely awful.

]]> By: A.B Thomas http://subversify.com/2009/05/15/legislative-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-386 A.B Thomas Mon, 18 May 2009 06:07:59 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=1745#comment-386 An excellent peek into what probably too few legislators, council members and the like go through when making decisions about where monies should go. I do have mixed feelings about the jab at the PTA's though; in one direction I am pulled to say, "damn straight" yet on the other side I know that the parents or guardians of underpriviledged children are often too busy trying to support their families to be involved in the PTA's affairs leaving those parents whose children don't require the funds to participate to get together and decide on how to raise funds for mountain ski trips. There's an interesting situation in my home town where the toast program (where every morning volunteers take plates of toast to the classrooms for the children just in case they missed breakfast the children have something to eat) is in jeopardy at the Catholic school because the principal and the parent council, which is comprised of the more affluent and good Catholic parents, feel that money should be raised for an orphanage in India rather than be 'wasted' here at home. An excellent peek into what probably too few legislators, council members and the like go through when making decisions about where monies should go. I do have mixed feelings about the jab at the PTA’s though; in one direction I am pulled to say, “damn straight” yet on the other side I know that the parents or guardians of underpriviledged children are often too busy trying to support their families to be involved in the PTA’s affairs leaving those parents whose children don’t require the funds to participate to get together and decide on how to raise funds for mountain ski trips. There’s an interesting situation in my home town where the toast program (where every morning volunteers take plates of toast to the classrooms for the children just in case they missed breakfast the children have something to eat) is in jeopardy at the Catholic school because the principal and the parent council, which is comprised of the more affluent and good Catholic parents, feel that money should be raised for an orphanage in India rather than be ‘wasted’ here at home.

]]> By: mayas http://subversify.com/2009/05/15/legislative-justice/comment-page-1/#comment-376 mayas Sat, 16 May 2009 18:14:07 +0000 http://subversify.com/?p=1745#comment-376 That was a superb explanation of what happens to someone like Neil when it comes to making such large and impactful decisions. I interpreted the bastards in his stomach to be ulcers, or something far worse. His stress has grown into a sickness. It happens to many people and you were able to explain it so wonderfully in your story. Thank you for the good read. That was a superb explanation of what happens to someone like Neil when it comes to making such large and impactful decisions. I interpreted the bastards in his stomach to be ulcers, or something far worse. His stress has grown into a sickness. It happens to many people and you were able to explain it so wonderfully in your story. Thank you for the good read.

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