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To: Corin Stormhands
True of many of them yes. But it's pure ignorance to put all homeless into that category.

May I be so bold as challenge you to give me another catagory?

16 posted on 05/05/2008 1:59:03 PM PDT by stravinskyrules (Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
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To: stravinskyrules

“May I be so bold as challenge you to give me another catagory?”

Well, there are bums, drifters, near-do-wells, illegal immigrants, fake veterans, the lazy, con-men, escaped criminals, and the generally shiftless.


17 posted on 05/05/2008 2:03:28 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
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To: stravinskyrules
May I be so bold as challenge you to give me another catagory?

Absolutely. Twice a year my church (as well as other churches around Richmond) hosts homeless families who are 1) working and 2) seeking a place to live. The majority are single mothers, and of them most are minorities. They are not alcoholics, drug users or mentally ill. While yes, some are, this group is screened pretty carefully (because for a week, they actually sleep in the church building).

Many homeless are children. And sure in some cases they are the children of the alcoholics, drug users and minorities. But the children can hardly be blamed for that.

The problems you list are very real, very prevalent.

But they do not address every "homeless" situation.

19 posted on 05/05/2008 2:04:41 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
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