I'm sitting at my computer on a lovely Sunday morning, and checking our Yahoo! News. It's something I do every Sunday before church. This was the article that caught my eye:

Conn. home 20-times larger than average

It sounds interesting, so I read a little of the article. Here are some highlights.

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - The enormity of the house Arnold Chase is building on Avon Mountain isn't fully apparent from the outside, where only 17,000 square feet of it lies in plain view.
It's the two-level, 33,500-square-foot basement complex, complete with a 103-seat movie theater, ticket booth, concession stand, game room and music annex, that will make it New England's largest occupied single-family home.
At nearly 50,900 square feet, the Chase home will be slightly larger than billionaire Bill Gates' home in Washington, about 4,000 square feet smaller than the White House and 20 times larger than the average-size home in America.

The home builders association's vice president for research defends the home (as though he really needed to):

"It's the same thing as why people buy a $150,000 car when the same function can be performed by a $25,000 car," Ahluwalia said. "I can afford it. I can have it. I want to have the biggest house in the world. Things like that."

Very good point (not that it matters how much his car cost him). If you have the money, why not? What buisness is it of anyone else what you do with it. Now here is the part that really made me say, "wha...?"

"Do you actually need to have that amount of space to live a good life?" said Susan A. Eisenhandler, a sociology professor at the University of Connecticut. "There are homeless people. There are impoverished people. There are serious social concerns, and we're not addressing that."

I'm sorry, but it sounds as though you actually believe that the house points to a lack of concern for the fellow man, Mrs. Eisenhandler. Who said anything about needing a home that big? And exactly how does having a home that big have anything to do with "social concerns?" I don't know that Mr. Chase does anything to help out with social problems, but the house doesn't mean he can't or won't. That's like saying you can't be rich and serve God.
Now I'm not saying that Susan Eisenhandler is guilty of this, but it seems to me that the people who criticizes the spending habits of others are those who can't afford the same type of lifestyle. Again, Susan's comment is probably quite sincere and fueled by true concern for her fellow man. Still, apples have absolutely nothing to do with oranges.

I've been in a very bloggy mood lately, you may get another today. 'Til next time.