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Old 11-23-2008, 09:06 AM   #5
DanaC
We have to go back, Kate!
 
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Many of our beggars today are there by choice
Unless the individual is known to you, you have no idea what put them where they are, or what barriers they see in their way. If you have a friend, and know that friend to be an idle sod who just hates work, then the word bum may be appropriate. I don't like the judgement cast about people we don't know.

Sorry, not meaning to be a pain :P I have always hated that word.
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