Protestantism

» pink101 - A Tramp On The Street

In response to Health Care posted by BrianTubbs:
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I wonder if you can see the inconsistencies in your most recent response.
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We are the ones who has to discover the error of our ways--it is not our place to put each other down; but, we need to be lifted up.
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As far as my age is concerned, it is true that it means little. But, what is important is the experience one gains from having lived a life in which mistakes are made. Those people that have made few mistakes have little experience with choices; but, that is another issue.
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This discussion is more about health care as a human right than it is about our foibles. And calumny is a waste of everyone's time and energy as well as being a digression that changes the subject.
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When a long time and deeply ingrained set of inhumane values is put to the test by the injured, those forces that have benefited from it rise up with complaints by the dozens. At present the wealthy scions of the health care industry are screaming to high heaven with their--otherwise--laughable denials of the benefits of a complete revolution of how health care is given. But, it WILL change and we WILL have universal health care--nothing in that critical area of our life is more evident. It's on the way.
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You, yourself, acknowledge the value. But, there are those who have such cold hearts that they claim those who have not worked hard enough to afford proper care deserve to die like a tramp on the street
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The dilemma reminds me of a song with which you might be familiar. Here are the verses:
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Tramp On The Street
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Only a tramp was Lazarus that day
He who lay down at the rich man's gate
He begged for the crumbs from the rich man to eat
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street
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He was some mother's darling, he was some mother's son
Once he was fair and once he was young
It was Mary who rocked him, her darling, to sleep
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street
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Jesus who died on Calvary's tree
Shed his life's blood for you and me
They pierced his side, his hands, and his feet
Then they left him to die like a tramp on the street
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If Jesus should come and knock at your door
For a place to lie down or bread from your store
Would you welcome him in or turn him away
For God would reward you on the great Judgment Day
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-- posted by pink101