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dweller

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5. There but for the graces , we are ...

Reply to H2O Man (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 11:20 PM

Sep 6

“ in order to help society reach higher ground, we needed to start at the bottom. The marginalized, the poor, the hungry, the homeless, the addicts, the victims, the wounded warriors. For no society gains in goodness if it sacrifices a portion of its population. Indeed, those wounded by trauma and/or addiction may become the strongest of wounded warriors. So do not be so rigid in judging others by their past that you can't see who they are today, or who they may become tomorrow “

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September 6, 2025 [View all] H2O Man Sep 6 OP

Thanks, as ever Easterncedar Sep 6 #1

Thank you. H2O Man Sep 6 #2

Yes. We need to keep banging this drum. Easterncedar Sep 6 #3

Exactly. H2O Man Sep 6 #4

Just so Easterncedar Sep 6 #9

There but for the graces , we are ... dweller Sep 6 #5

Thanks! H2O Man Sep 6 #7

A really SPLENDID quote! calimary Sep 7 #16

K&R spanone Sep 6 #6

Thank you! H2O Man Sep 6 #8

KNR, with thanks. niyad Sep 6 #10

Thank you! H2O Man Sep 7 #13

Thank you for this quality essay, including the apt water analogy. yonder Sep 7 #11

Thank you! H2O Man Sep 7 #14

Stefanik was never Trump's "type." hay rick Sep 7 #12

My face hurts H2O Man Sep 7 #15