Should you give money to the homeless? - Page 4

Spexxvet · 03-28-2011, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Of course it's a ruse, except for a few pros, they want cash to buy drugs or alcohol. But I feel if he/she doesn't get someone to give them cash, when the shakes get bad enough they're going to try to steal it. .

Or do something where they end up in the ER (like drinking sterno) which costs us all more than pocket change.

Trilby · 03-28-2011, 09:40 AM

WWJD?

infinite monkey · 03-28-2011, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

WWJD?

for a klondike bar?

Spexxvet · 03-28-2011, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

WWJD?

At the very least, he'd change water into wine, for the winos.

Trilby · 03-28-2011, 10:11 AM

if someone asks for your coat, give them your cloak, as well!

(then they'll have a coat and a cloak and look stupid and greedy)

TheMercenary · 03-28-2011, 09:11 PM

Let's give electric koolaid to the poor. Should be interesting.

casimendocina · 03-29-2011, 03:40 AM

While we on the topic, any thoughts on the selling of the Big Issue by homeless people?

DanaC · 03-29-2011, 07:04 AM

I usually end up buying several copies of the Big Issue if I am out and about. The scheme seems to work well. I know a few people who've been helped enormously by it.

footfootfoot · 03-29-2011, 09:08 AM

I just read it online

wolf · 03-29-2011, 10:57 AM

Don't feed the bears.

No money, no cigarettes, no food.

Okay, if you see the shrink first, I'll consider food.

This is a nuthouse, not a bed and breakfast.

infinite monkey · 03-29-2011, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I just read it online

Me too. Hadn't heard of it. I looked at the history, and:

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The Big Issue was launched in 1991 by Gordon Roddick and A. John Bird in response to the growing number of rough sleepers on the streets of London. Roddick, who also co-founded The Body Shop, was inspired by a newspaper called Street News, which was sold on the streets of New York. Upon his return from America he enlisted the help of Bird, who had experience in the print trade and who had himself slept rough. The two believed that the key to solving the problem of homelessness lay in helping people to help themselves, and were therefore determined to offer a legitimate alternative to begging.

I love the term "rough sleepers." Is that a common term over there?

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Originally Posted by wolf

No money, no cigarettes, no food.

No monkey? No cigarettes? ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH.

wolf · 03-29-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I love the term "rough sleepers." Is that a common term over there?

I know it's used in Australia ... some Aussies at the Baltimore Conference I go to remarked that they'd made friends with a fellow who was "sleeping rough" by the hotel (in February, mind you, which means it was really rough) ... and they gave him a $20. The 'Merkin's then explained as how that's not a good idea.

DanaC · 03-29-2011, 11:37 AM

We tend to describe them as 'homeless' rather than 'rough sleepers', but we refer to what they do as 'sleeping rough'.

casimendocina · 03-29-2011, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I love the term "rough sleepers." Is that a common term over there?

More as a verb (sleeping rough) rather than as a noun (rough sleepers). The term that I've heard most often is homeless.

Sheldonrs · 03-29-2011, 12:12 PM

My method is pretty simple. If someone asks nicely and I have it to spare, i give it. I don't care if they buy booze with it. I'd probably want to forget my situation for as long as possible too, if it were me.

I also almost always give cigarettes when asked nicely.

03-28-2011, 09:40 AM	#47
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	WWJD? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-28-2011, 10:11 AM	#50
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	if someone asks for your coat, give them your cloak, as well! (then they'll have a coat and a cloak and look stupid and greedy) __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-28-2011, 09:11 PM	#51
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Let's give electric koolaid to the poor. Should be interesting. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-29-2011, 09:08 AM	#54
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I just read it online __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

03-29-2011, 10:57 AM	#55
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Don't feed the bears. No money, no cigarettes, no food. Okay, if you see the shrink first, I'll consider food. This is a nuthouse, not a bed and breakfast. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-29-2011, 03:40 AM	#52
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	While we on the topic, any thoughts on the selling of the Big Issue by homeless people?

03-29-2011, 12:12 PM	#60
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	My method is pretty simple. If someone asks nicely and I have it to spare, i give it. I don't care if they buy booze with it. I'd probably want to forget my situation for as long as possible too, if it were me. I also almost always give cigarettes when asked nicely. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

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