Tattoos, Cigarettes and 'The Rich'

At our 4th of July celebration, I was appalled to overhear a conversation right next to us regarding the so-called 'rich.'

I had been observing this group for awhile, because my son was rather enjoying petting their dog. And telling them about God... When the 2nd half of the group arrived, I noted all sorts of things. One, there was a rule that no liquor could be brought into the park. Their cooler, right next to me, was filled with it. Another thing I noticed was that they were smoking. You can smoke if you want, but I have a sort 0f asthmatic reaction to cigarette smoke, so I moved away until they were done. No problem, it's a free country, right? The next thing I noticed is that they were using all sort of offensive language, the 'F' word, being quite prominent. Ok, my children could hear all this - they know not to use such language, that it is offensive to God and disrespectful to men. So we could ignore that, just fine, too. If they want to demonstrate their ignorance and need, let them show it. We will do our best to show Christian character, so that there is a contrast.

Their conversation went into the cost of gas. Ok, here we go! I can almost quote the guy - "There's one thing I've learned from OJ Simpson and George Bush, that if you have enough money, you can do anything you want." His next comment, "The rich just keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer."

Ok, now maybe I'm wrong...
Several of them had tattoos all over. If I'm not mistaken, the more color in your tattoo, the more expensive. $150 is not unusual for a medium sized tattoo...from what I've heard. Cigarettes are expensive, too. The one guy had piercings all over his face...I heard the comment from the same man who spoke earlier that he's making 'pretty good money for a high school drop-out.'

Again, maybe I'm wrong...but I just don't see that reason has been applied to this man's thinking.