Comments on: Emory’s Homeless Undergrad http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/16/emorys-homeless-undergrad/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:26:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Jeff http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/16/emorys-homeless-undergrad/#comment-33230 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:05:56 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-33230 Perhaps I overlooked it, but I don’t believe anyone said he shouldn’t be allowed to live his chosen lifestyle.

]]> By: Gladys http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/16/emorys-homeless-undergrad/#comment-33198 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:50:17 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-33198 Let me see, I’m trying to remember, now who was that pretty well known guy who was put in jail because he wouldn’t pay his taxes, but was willing to be released when his buddy paid them for him? Oh, right, that would have been Thoreau. No, I’m not saying this kid is a Thoreau in the making, but then who knows. Not me. But apparently some of you are pretty sure about some things.

Also, while the grammar and spelling is superior here, some of the opinions expressed are not much more generous than what I can get at ajc.com. I don’t know Sid’s life, but he’s still obviously a young person, and he isn’t causing me any problems so I give him credit for trying something that is, at least to him, completely different. Why do you care so much what he does? What is it about Sid that touched this nerve? Should he be required to live in a campus apartment and party from Thur. through Sun? I went to a state school with a freegan in the ’70s, though he was unusual at the time and not called a freegan. Grew up to be a regular tax paying guy. We all grow up our own way, why can’t he? Just because he shared his story in print? I don’t get it.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/16/emorys-homeless-undergrad/#comment-33147 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:59:10 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-33147 And Sid does take advantage of the system he hates every time he hangs out at his friend’s apartments and uses their toilet and enjoys their heating and air conditioning, which his friends paid for by participating in our capitalist system.

I guess capitalism is ok, as long as someone else gets the bill.

]]> By: "Naaman" Gibbets http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/16/emorys-homeless-undergrad/#comment-33136 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:28:41 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-33136 However, he does want to tell people about it.

]]> By: cubalibre http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/03/16/emorys-homeless-undergrad/#comment-33131 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:24:46 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-33131 LOL! Really?? No, you didn’t offend me– I just think your comments were silly overall (albeit richly ironic), but was trying to be nice about it.

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