[news] Human Worth Versus The Cost of Rent

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How much worth does a human life have? Is a human life worth $100? What if someone said to you that they could not take poverty anymore, and that the daily grind of poverty stigma and hells just to eat and sleep at night have gotten to be too much. That they were going to commit suicide if this did not stop and soon. Would it be worth pledging $100 a month to keep that human alive? Or not? Be honest. Or would it be worth maybe ten cents a month, to keep that person alive? Seriously, how much is a human life worth to you personally? How much would you be willing to give up, to keep that human being alive? What happens when a human's worth goes below rent and food costs? When a human life costs more than it is worth? What happens when people care more about buying plastic holiday decorations at K-Mart than humans freezing to death on the streets outside their locked doors? What happens when human beings have no worth? What happens is the world you see today.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/11/21/45431/877