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15. Is it ok to enjoy a good meal (or any meal) while others starve? Is it acceptable to have any joy in

Sat Jun 21, 2014, 06:49 PM

Jun 2014

life while others suffer?

Of course it is. We do what we can to help others and we enjoy what we have and what we love... and appreciate it.

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is it ok to watch soccer while the world burns? [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jun 2014 OP

Soccer IS the world. Basic LA Jun 2014 #2

Confused by the poll. dilby Jun 2014 #5

yes vote = its ok to watch soccer Liberal_in_LA Jun 2014 #11

Just fine dipsydoodle Jun 2014 #6

Only because hockey season is over. Nt hack89 Jun 2014 #7

This. Brickbat Jun 2014 #9

Sigh. And for some of us, it ended sooner than expected. RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #16

You can watch online on Univision RufusTFirefly Jun 2014 #21

When is the world not burning? JackRiddler Jun 2014 #12

Only if you wear sackcloth and ashes while doing so.... msanthrope Jun 2014 #13

Oh, for Heaven's sake! WillowTree Jun 2014 #14

The conflagration is expanding slowly enough Warpy Jun 2014 #17

When hasn't their been suffering and jubilation simultaneously in the world Boom Sound 416 Jun 2014 #18

Ask Blind NN if they watched the NFL or NBA while Bush and Cheney malaise Jun 2014 #19

The international situation is desperate, as usual. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #20

No, because it isn't football. Heh. WinkyDink Jun 2014 #22

Bread and circuses. ~nt~ b.durruti Jun 2014 #23