DarkAngelBGE Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 ..money? How do you feel afterward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaas Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Really depends. Most "homeless" people around here aren't homeless, they are just part of a network trying to get money that way. You usually see who they are, so if I see a real homeless person I'll probably give some money.But in reality we don't have real homeless people around here. If they are homeless they are either illegal immigrants or people who simply want to live that way. Those illegal immigrants only have to register to get a roof above their head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 I usually give once...but if it's a person I see on a daily basis...I guess I the pity I feel for them just dissapears after a few days, and I just don't give anymore money... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 Some of the homeless here are just using the money to buy beer and cheap wine. Some of them are legite tough, and others seem to be 'trying too hard' to look homeless, and a few I think may be faking it.But, if someone looks sober and legite, then I would definatly give them some spare money.Few of them you get used to seeing, one guy has a bunch of birds, someone else stays near the freeway and plays his clarinet, many are 'disabled vetrans' as noted on their signs, some are families.But there are not many in our neightborhood as compared to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 TBH, I'd probably try to avoid interacting with them as much as possible (as I tend to avoid any interactions in the first place). If I was asked to give them money, I'd probably just ast like I wasen't paying attention to them. Sorry for seeming cruel, but I really don't feel pity for the homeless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 16, 2004 Report Share Posted November 16, 2004 I'd tell them no! Then walk away, and not think twice about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKen132 Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 I wouldn't give money to a homeless person directly because who knows what they're gonna use it for. Instead I give to charities which (I trust) will put the money to the best use (or whatever use they say).Anyone ever been to India? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoggyFrog Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 I wouldn't give money to a homeless person directly because who knows what they're gonna use it for. Instead I give to charities which (I trust) will put the money to the best use (or whatever use they say).I would probably do something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argalius Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 It's better to give something to eat than some money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaas Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 When my father delivered eggs in Brussels (he was a chicken farmer) he always bought some bread and coffee for a homeless person who was begging at the door of one of his clients. It was a really nice guy, but he got handicapped and because he was self-employed he only got a very small pension. Almost all his money goes to his handicap (he can't walk), so there isn't much left for a roof.He told us once that he was in the hospital. Since he was a veteran in Congo the king visited him there and give him 100 euros. He declined the money and told the king that he's a hypocrite by doing this, giving money when the media is around, pretending to care about the homeless while living in a huge palace.I admire people who have the courage to do that, but unfortunatly it gets them in a big mess :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argalius Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 He declined the money and told the king that he's a hypocrite by doing this, giving money when the media is around, pretending to care about the homeless while living in a huge palace.I admire people who have the courage to do that, but unfortunatly it gets them in a big mess :/That surely was noble of him. That's a guy I respect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 it's all about karma, dudesIf you believe in that sort of thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenratiophi Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 If a homeless person asks me for money... I'd probably give him some money and a list of cheap colleges so he could go to college and not be homeless.Now... any nice, cheap colleges? Probably not... thats the only problem...AND I don't have any money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 I can't say what I would do?I'll just pass my way. I know that I could be in the same situation tomorrow, who knows. But, if ever I fall in such situation, I'll just leave and walk along roads. If ever I find a small and empty valley (there are a lot in Canada, if you go deep enough ), I would then settle there, simply. As a friend of mine would say, you have nothing to loose, except yourself, which in such situation would already be lost. And, I wouldn't like to "reintergrate" society, since in the first place I would like to get rid of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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