tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163346.post108573924416863957..comments2023-07-02T10:26:05.077+01:00Comments on Language 'is' a Virus: Fighting all over the worldTobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02741749822242029185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163346.post-1085921253213746562004-05-30T13:47:00.000+01:002004-05-30T13:47:00.000+01:00And any reply would be defensive, of course, but t...And any reply would be defensive, of course, but the short version is I was empathising with the abandoned war children (see my comments about losing my parents) who will never get into a position of control/understanding over their own lives, including having children of their own - and not talking about swanning around in some spiritual superiority cloud, pretending to be some noble monk who has abandoned capitalism and privilege. <br />It's precisely because I never had those choices that I didn't really give anything up - what I did was not try to struggle to become one of 'them' belatedly, which is a slightly different thing. And no, I didn't contribute a lot to my kids, but it wasn't 'nothing' - and it was all I had to give (whenever I got to see them), and it's a long story....Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741749822242029185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3163346.post-1085920871591308892004-05-30T13:41:00.000+01:002004-05-30T13:41:00.000+01:00I know how unwary I am being writing my idle jotti...I know how unwary I am being writing my idle jottings in public. I do get feedback indirectly, but no-one seems to want to do it in public much, so I'll paste an example in here:<br /><br />Well my problem with your empathy is this ....its easy to live like that and be "Free" if you have no one but yourself to shelter and feed , entertain and educate;.............................but most people living in those war torn areas have children of various ages to feed etc.every day,war or not, as do most women who either choose to be single parents or divorce for whatever reason elsewhere in the world and do all the providing( some Fathers do too)...Its very hard to "borrow a sofa" for a week or two with a couple of kids in tow .........Living hand to mouth ,rent to rent is what most women do (and some single fathers) even with a reasonable income , in order to feed their kids and put them through school. <br />I'm happy to hear about your kids and glad they are in your life now.........and they are doing well.......but while you were being a landless serf all these years , were you helping at all to support them in any way ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com