A medieval saint once said something like this: If a rich man has more bread than he can eat, then that food does not belong to him. It belongs to the poor.
Today, in the USA property rights trump the rights of the hungry for food.
The link below will take you to a video in which people watch as food is tossed into dumpsters.
A bank (according to the report) decided that the food should be tossed out--not given away.
It is also true that the people reporting this "story" try to blame it on the store owners.
I don't buy that. The bank could have equally decided to give the food away.
But, you should judge for yourself.
Of course, I'm not really concerned with whether the USA is really "Christian" --whatever that means. My concern is whether it is a generous or generically speaking, small 'c' christian country. Is it a country where some have unjustified and arbitrary power over others? A country where the so-called property rights of a few take precedence over the well-being of the vast majority?
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blzS7acNFck
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