In all sorts of corners of life we now assume that it is wrong to not treat others well. For example, in the U.S. we no longer have separate entrances based on the color of your skin. Buildings make allowances for physical limitations and a recent news story said that more people have developed a tolerance for the religion of others.
But we could make some advances in learning to treat people in debt, with dignity. Id have to say that currently, society treats debtors as losers and if debtors were on a ledge getting ready to leap, a crowd below would be yelling Jump!
The majority of people without financial problems love a little debtor voyeurism and to witness the financial misery of others. Its like watching the train wreck through cracks in your fingers as you hold your hand over your eyes. You dont want to watch but you do.
Imagine if suicide was like debt and when you were contemplating killing yourself your creditors kept calling you and say things like you are a loser or just do it and good riddance? Thats some pretty cruel mojo isnt it? Maybe we should call the overweight kid that is depressed and yell, fatty, fatty into the phone. But I doubt that...