Posted: Nov 24, 2014 8:04 pm
I wish people would define poverty in the UK as being relative poverty. Using the same umbrella term as applies to absolute poverty is highly offensive IMO. Ooooh, shock horror, us poor brits are living in poverty! That's right- plain old poverty! Fuck that shit jesus wept.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty
Poverty is general scarcity or dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution refers to the deprivation of basic human needs, which commonly includes food, water, sanitation, clothing, shelter, health care and education. Relative poverty is defined contextually as economic inequality in the location or society in which people live.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty