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Originally Posted by mrscoach
Giggles, Andrew was asking YOU if you think they should get texts like they get their groceries, subsidized. You were talking about the poor and their 'textual needs'. Don't try to deflect.
People's needs are based on what they need to survive. If you don't have air, water, or food, you die. Can the same be said for texts? No. As such you cannot put 'textual needs' in the same category. Sometimes people have to prioritize, and text and other forms of entertainment get low priority.
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No. If we are talking about survival we could all simply strap ourselves into a climate controlled feeding machine that also took over all the lower brain functions, everything except thinking. Thinking is necessary for survival, reading promotes thinking.
Also, what is death? Perhaps it is simply an end to our communication with others. Without texts we die.
Yes I think our textual needs should be subsidized if they need to be. Need is of course subjective. I am not advocating theft. I am advocating reading.