VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|joyce82|DATE|1372329289|CONTENT|As a general rule the only people who affect a disdain for money are those who have plenty of it.
Banner conveniently forgets that it is his money and privilege that allow him to dispense his wisdom from on high to us lesser mortals who have to budget carefully and watch every penny we spend.

Jane Austen came from a relatively poor branch of the Austen family and resented any suggestion that her family&#039;s lack of money made them less genteel than her richer relatives but nowhere in her novels as far as I&#039;m aware does she challenge the conventional view that money is a good thing to have and that poverty, especially in old age, is something to be feared.
Incidentally, Jane Austen is a strange source of moral authority for a Christian to quote given the short shrift she dispensed to the clergymen in her books.|EMAIL|nick.neeve@tiscali.co.uk|IP-ADDRESS|89.168.93.23|MODERATIONFLAG|