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theHandpuppet

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5. A great analogy
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:13 PM
May 2014

Yes, your analogy to the "white savior" films is spot-on. It's exactly how I felt when reading this article.

Also, regarding the proliferance of drugs -- you make an excellent point and much better than the author did when he wrote, "There’s a street calculus, too, that says a job should pay at least $12 an hour in order to make it more worthwhile than a life on “benefits.”

Wow. I felt like putting my foot through the screen with that one.

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