tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085806408974831811.post4098495353435045530..comments2023-11-03T06:49:06.257-04:00Comments on Alexander Greenberg's Blog: Alex Greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835512384688605301noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085806408974831811.post-42526564958980066222009-06-24T01:38:48.392-04:002009-06-24T01:38:48.392-04:00Very interesting! This issue has so many sides. Fo...Very interesting! This issue has so many sides. For instance, in Pakistan, beggary is almost incidental to subaltern classes. They are professional beggars, often controlled by mafias. "Slumdog Millionaire" has that great scene where kids are blinded to make them more convincingly miserable. In India/Pakistan traditionally beggars were ascetics & were received as holders of esoteric secrets. They would go from town to town chanting poetry and singing, though this type has all but vanished. What has remained consistent is that beggars have always been pariahs from the center (cultural, racial, religious, even gender in the form of hijras or South Asia's famous transsexuals); of course being a pariah doesn't necessarily mean you are maligned.Umairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085806408974831811.post-73653825258155726912009-04-16T23:19:00.000-04:002009-04-16T23:19:00.000-04:00Hey Nathan,
I'm glad to see you're reading my bl...Hey Nathan, <br /><br />I'm glad to see you're reading my blog. Jineteros didn't even come to mind, but that's a very good point. What's the website you're working on?Alex Greenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835512384688605301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085806408974831811.post-72650742135762394752009-04-16T15:43:00.000-04:002009-04-16T15:43:00.000-04:00Hi Alex. Good points here. Maybe this is forthcomi...Hi Alex. Good points here. Maybe this is forthcoming, but I’m surprised you didn’t include any discussion of jinetero culture in Cuba. Granted, it’s a harder case to abstract from due to the complexity of the political situation, but it’s worth considering as a circumstance in which beggers (of a sort) are the only real entrepreneurs in the society.<br /><br />Also, I work on a website which is intended to promote nonprofit transparency and encourage an investment approach to philanthropy. Obviously, the return on that investment is in x amount of social good rather than x amount of dollars so the analogy becomes a bit fuzzy. I would be interested to discuss this further. Send me an email when you get a chance.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699556544348585079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085806408974831811.post-32121156767501387042009-04-16T12:12:00.000-04:002009-04-16T12:12:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comments. I'm thinking about maybe...Thanks for the comments. I'm thinking about maybe doing some serious research on this over the summer and turning it into a conference paper.Alex Greenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12835512384688605301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085806408974831811.post-61593786208419913882009-04-16T00:24:00.000-04:002009-04-16T00:24:00.000-04:00wanting the spare change you hand to the beggar to...wanting the spare change you hand to the beggar to be about 'fixing society,' or the idea that he or she owes you some sort of emotional satisfaction like, say, buying a sandwich instead of a 40, is an investor's attitude to begging, and is basically the logic nonprofits rely on and reproduce.traxus4420https://www.blogger.com/profile/05083641650092543902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085806408974831811.post-60685568157215708342009-04-16T00:21:00.000-04:002009-04-16T00:21:00.000-04:00great post, i had this conversation recently too (...great post, i had this conversation recently too (doesn't everyone), and am pleased to say i came down pretty much on the same side you did, though in a much less thorough manner.traxus4420https://www.blogger.com/profile/05083641650092543902noreply@blogger.com