Comments on: No thanks, I don’t want to live in a slum http://infantile-and-disorderly.com/2010/01/09/no-thanks-i-dont-want-to-live-in-a-slum/ Socialism with Attitude Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:31:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Infantile and Disorderly http://infantile-and-disorderly.com/2010/01/09/no-thanks-i-dont-want-to-live-in-a-slum/#comment-1715 Infantile and Disorderly Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:49:21 +0000 http://infantile-and-disorderly.com/2010/01/09/no-thanks-i-dont-want-to-live-in-a-slum/#comment-1715 "Do you not think that, rather than poverty being elevated to an aspiration, this example is being used to show how people so much worse off than us still manage to live a lifestyle which we, so much richer, should easily be able to emulate in terms of, say, waste produced or carbon footprint, rather than exactly copying it." If I thought that, I probably wouldn't have written an article to the contrary. “Do you not think that, rather than poverty being elevated to an aspiration, this example is being used to show how people so much worse off than us still manage to live a lifestyle which we, so much richer, should easily be able to emulate in terms of, say, waste produced or carbon footprint, rather than exactly copying it.”

If I thought that, I probably wouldn’t have written an article to the contrary.

]]> By: Homeless Chic? « http://infantile-and-disorderly.com/2010/01/09/no-thanks-i-dont-want-to-live-in-a-slum/#comment-1714 Homeless Chic? « Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:36:00 +0000 http://infantile-and-disorderly.com/2010/01/09/no-thanks-i-dont-want-to-live-in-a-slum/#comment-1714 [...] certain Kevin McCloud decided that the secret to Britain’s housing problems might lie in the slums of Mumbai. In doing so, he conveniently overlooked horrendous poverty, disease and child labour, managing to [...] [...] certain Kevin McCloud decided that the secret to Britain’s housing problems might lie in the slums of Mumbai. In doing so, he conveniently overlooked horrendous poverty, disease and child labour, managing to [...]

]]> By: A. Prestwick http://infantile-and-disorderly.com/2010/01/09/no-thanks-i-dont-want-to-live-in-a-slum/#comment-1706 A. Prestwick Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:05:00 +0000 http://infantile-and-disorderly.com/2010/01/09/no-thanks-i-dont-want-to-live-in-a-slum/#comment-1706 Do you not think that, rather than poverty being elevated to an aspiration, this example is being used to show how people so much worse off than us still manage to live a lifestyle which we, so much richer, should easily be able to emulate in terms of, say, waste produced or carbon footprint, rather than exactly copying it. Surely it's meant to be an inspiration rather than a model? Do you not think that, rather than poverty being elevated to an aspiration, this example is being used to show how people so much worse off than us still manage to live a lifestyle which we, so much richer, should easily be able to emulate in terms of, say, waste produced or carbon footprint, rather than exactly copying it. Surely it’s meant to be an inspiration rather than a model?

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