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I didn't mean to imply that poor people didn't want to have access to luxury items, it was just that anybody really concerned for their welfare would have made different choices.

However your second point about the relatively high price of luxury food in the proximity of such deprivation needed to be made. But that leads to a wider connection these people seemed reluctant to draw.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue May 9th, 2006 at 09:05:15 AM EST
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But that leads to a wider connection these people seemed reluctant to draw.

I thought that conclusion was obvious in the story. Maybe we have a cultural issue here?

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 9th, 2006 at 09:07:24 AM EST
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BTW, what appears to be the original of Indy's article appeared in the Hamburger Morgenpost. I see Indy shortened it a bit, messed up some minor details and was imprecise in translation.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 9th, 2006 at 09:16:05 AM EST
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I also checked an on-line forum for German jobless, where this was quoted, and the overwhelming majority commented positively.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 9th, 2006 at 09:19:28 AM EST
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I also found a short 'action report' issued by an apparent participant. (In German!) Their letter was a lot longer than quoted in the news articles, and 'explained' the superhero costumes to symbolise the struggle of the working poor under Germany's new 'flexibilised' labour rules.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue May 9th, 2006 at 09:28:39 AM EST
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