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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>ED, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=quotation>The $500 fund I started at my local market to allow checkers/management to let anyone unable to pay their full grocery bill was my alternative to the occasional "bailout"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>That was a fabulous idea and I am glad you did it. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Nick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Nicholas Thompson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Clark University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>ThompNickSon2@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> On Behalf Of Steven A Smith<br>Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:54 PM<br>To: friam@redfish.com<br>Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Fundraiser by Christina Z. : Ohoris Staff Relief Fund</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On 4/22/20 3:29 PM, Edward Angel wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Nick,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I have no problem with anyone wanting to support their local barista.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Please remember also that the Food Bank really needs funds.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> I do have a problem with your view of the 60’s. Those young folks you <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> remember were almost 100% white middle class kids, Almost no blacks, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> hispanics, native americans or asians. At that time poverty was far <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> higher than it is today. Medical care was not available to large parts <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> of the population. And then there was the rest of the world at that time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> By fixating on the local situation, we tend to forget about the bigger <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> world which is suffering far more than us. Countries across Asia and <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> Africa are dealing with the virus in addition to refugees, lack of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> medical facilities, the impossibility of social distancing and many <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> other factors. Lots of information on the web as to how bad the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> situation is. There are organizations combating these factors that are <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>> worth paying attention to.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I'm with you on this Ed... I just heard some of the forecasts/worries about how the consequences of this pandemic are going to domino into the worst-poverty situations around the world. I'm not against helping there too... just wanting to acknowledge those around me who got caught worst by this than I did.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>My only direct(ish) link into that world is a Kenyan friend who still has deep roots in his homeland.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The $500 fund I started at my local market to allow checkers/management to let anyone unable to pay their full grocery bill was my alternative to the occasional "bailout" I'd offer the cashier/next-person-in-line when I was there to observe it. I'm now only at that store once a week (or less) and the number of people are very limited and I just haven't found myself in that spot like I used to (often EBT users who misunderstood what was and wasn't covered by their EBT cards... )...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I doubt this comes up at Whole Foods or Trader Joe's very often... but it is common in a market like Pojoaque.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I'm afraid if we don't get this current administration (and probably the current Senate GOP majority) out in November, our ability/appetite to help anyone but ourselves (and maybe not the most needy here) will be negative... <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>- Steve<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>.-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... .... . ...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam unsubscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>archives: <a href="http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>