tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239843985525105802.post7693360881178282201..comments2009-11-17T14:59:50.302-05:00Comments on My Year in Slovakia: Meeting with the ChildrenAlliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09909605045925517131noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239843985525105802.post-25356477918833423092008-10-05T20:17:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:17:00.000-04:00Good for you, Allie. You have a compassionate hear...Good for you, Allie. You have a compassionate heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239843985525105802.post-8401871086571824992008-10-05T20:10:00.000-04:002008-10-05T20:10:00.000-04:00Good for you, Allie. I say it is better to err on...Good for you, Allie. I say it is better to err on the side of compassion. You showed your compassionate heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239843985525105802.post-40963658856268949852008-10-05T13:05:00.000-04:002008-10-05T13:05:00.000-04:00Allie, wow. Awareness is very important, as is com...Allie, wow. Awareness is very important, as is compassion, and it's hard to know whether you're being compassionate or gullible, isn't it? I would have done the same thing. Keep looking, keep learning, and search for what it is that keeps the Roma from working. Work is essential to a person's sense of worth, and while lazy people do exist, most would rather work given the choice. I'm sure there are layers and layers of circumstances that affect the Romas' condition. <BR/>Excellent post!jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681883382472280550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239843985525105802.post-89945071571464549972008-10-05T11:24:00.000-04:002008-10-05T11:24:00.000-04:00And carrying a puppy, no less! True, Allie, it is ...And carrying <I>a puppy</I>, no less! True, Allie, it is hard to know what to do in these situations. But maybe instead of looking at your actions in the huge context of society as a whole, you could look at it on a smaller level... the singular action of one human being giving to antoher. Regardless of her motives- or the motives of her parents who sent her out there- she probably could use the money that you gave her. And she probably faces rejection and scorn all day long, so your small act of kindness was one less time that she had to face that humiliation. The bigger picture that I take from your encounter is how unfair it is that so many <I>children</I> like her are having to endure the humiliation of begging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com