all I will say about the hideous way people treat the Poor in this Country

[rbrnmw]

If I could be you, if you could be me for just one hour
If we could find a way to get inside each other's mind, mh
If you could see you through my eyes instead of your ego
I believe you'd be surprised to see that you've been blind, mh

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes

Now your whole world you see around you is just a reflection
And the law of common says you're gonna reap just what you sow
So unless you've lived a life of total perfection
You'd better be careful of every stone that you should throw - yeh-heh
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And yet we spend the day throwin' stones at one another
'Cause I don't think or wear my hair the same way you do, mh
Well, I may be common people but I'm your brother
And when you strike out you're tryin' to hurt me it's hurtin' you
Lord, have mercy

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Babe, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes

And there are people on reservations and out in the ghettos
And brother, there, but for the grace of God, go you and I, yeh-heh
And if I only had wings of a little angel, well
Don't you know, I'd fly to the top of a mountain and then I'd cry

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Babe, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Better walk a mile in my shoes
Try before what you're doing

Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes
Oh, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes...

[PD Turk]

1. Proverbs 29:7 (NIV)

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

[Igel]

3. All that's left is to agree on what "justice" means.

Legal justice or social justice or OT law or the OT law as expanded in the NT...?

OT law is clear: You don't favor a poor person at trial because he's poor, nor do you favor a rich person at trial because he's rich. But there's a positive individual obligation for a person to help another person who's in dire need. Collective action is grassroots and voluntary.

[nichomachus]

4. Proverbs 21:13

Whoever closes his ears to the cry of the poor and the oppressed will cry himself some day and not be heard.

[PD Turk]

5. good one

thanks, I'm putting that one in the files for future reference

[Whisp]

2. Ry Cooder and Little Village...

Little Village
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Cool breezes from the mountains blow
As I wake up and dress to go
On the island, dawn is breaking
In the harbor, tanker's waiting
From the land of the rising sun
They bring their old plutonium
And we unload it in the bay
For two dollars forty cents a day
Do you want my
Do you want my
Do you want my
Do you want my job
I hump the stuff, I take the cash
So my kids can wear Adidas
And if you live here, home, you know
We ain't got no place else to go
I remember when the air was sweet
And I brought home the fish to eat
Now we buy Spam from the grocery store
'Cause you can't eat the fish no more.
Do you want my
Do you want my
Do you want my
Do you want my job