Editor:
I am a longtime resident of Eureka now living in Burnt Ranch. Our communities’ responses to people who are homeless and the increasing numbers of people living in poverty in a malignant capitalist society reveal a wide gap in our values (“Top 10 Stories of 2013,” Dec. 26). I think this gap parallels the 99 percent/1 percent scenario so clearly identified by the Occupy movement.
On the one hand there is narcissist pimp-who-would-be-king Arkley and his “kill the homeless” town hall meeting that promoted the fiction that we have homeless people here because of the lavish handouts we provide to those who just enjoy living under bridges when it’s damp and below freezing outside.
On the other hand there is the Betty Chinn Center which addresses the fact that there are people who, for a variety of reasons, are not able to prosper under an economic system which, now to an extreme degree, benefits the minority at the expense of the majority. The Center first offers respite from the weather and chronic illnesses and then provides services which can help many to help themselves to a more productive and self-sustaining life.
I am an atheist but one might ask the “conservatives,” many of whom claim to be “Christian,” what would Jesus do?
Robert C. Van Fleet, Burnt Ranch
This article appears in This is What Legalization Looks Like.
Hurray for you, Robert Van Fleet !! Gotta love your description of Arkley. Let’s not forget that Arkley made his money off of throwing people out of their homes. Thanks, you told it like it is.
Robert, please in the future do not defame Christians with your need to join the Prog libel and slander crew who just cannot get enough ad hominen character assassination graffiti against Rob Arkley plastered everywhere in Humboldt media venues by Prog trolls who never have done anywhere near what Arkley’s done for the community. Bunch of trolls without anything to offer the community themselves so they are jealous of those who do something for the community than attack its helpers.
It is typical of atheists to be unable to discern right from wrong when on the attack against Christians, (yes, it’s almost always Christians who atheists go after as someone did a survey of internet atheists posts to find 99% of them posted against Christians on religious forum discussions). Look at John Chiv’s post about what Arkley just did without fanfare for the community to see how terrible these awful ethically-challenged atheist trolls behave dissing people doing much better for the community than they ever will.