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Posted on 02/22/2012 1:07:59 PM PST by SmithL
ping for later.
Even though I pinged for later, I had to say “Good Grief” when I scanned the article.
But idiots started giving them money.
Now there is a market for it, so there are people there filling the ‘demand’.
Young guys with tattoos and piercings accost single working mothers for “spare change”.
I mock them and say “Spare change for my next piercing?”.
And I cannot express sufficiently my contempt of idiots who go abroad and give to blind beggar children.
Great! You just created a market for blind beggar children! And if there are not enough to fill the ‘demand’ they will CREATE some!
Wow, see how much your spare change can accomplish? You just got acid poured into a child's eyes and condemned them to a life of slavery and begging without any sight. I hope such people feel REAL PROUD of themselves for being so “charitable”. Idiots.
This dude thinks way too much, although sadly unequipped to do so.
Mind numbingly stupid opening. People are poor because of many reasons, almost never because of society. That being said, I never give money, I do give food occassionally for the very rough looking ones. Never money though, I know where it goes.
Societies are neither merciless or merciful. INDIVIDUALS are. Just as individuals are responsible or irresponsible ... sometimes responsible enough to see after their own needs and sometimes not.
Not everyone who is needy is so because of irresponsibility, but he is darned sure not there because of anything I did. Therefore, I have no moral, legal, or social liability for his well-being. Anything I give, I CHOOSE to give. Anything else is simply robbery.
The first sentence says it all.
The natural state of humans is poverty. Prosperity is due to society.
Writer is foolish.
I always ask “how much do you need to get the next bottle”? They always know right down to the penny.
Societies are neither merciless or merciful. INDIVIDUALS are. Just as individuals are responsible or irresponsible ... sometimes responsible enough to see after their own needs and sometimes not.
Not everyone who is needy is so because of irresponsibility, but he is darned sure not there because of anything I did. Therefore, I have no moral, legal, or social liability for his well-being. Anything I give, I CHOOSE to give. Anything else is simply robbery.
If most people that “panhandle” spend as much time looking for a job as they did panhandling....they wouldn’t need to panhandle, because they would be employed. Even working at Taco Bell has to pay more than sitting on the side of the road all day begging for Federal Reserve Notes.
It was scary as hell as I had no idea of the political persuations of the profs. I took a risk on one who taught a class which I thought was fair minded. The risk paid off. Not only was I exonerated, but I ended up being commended for my courage to take on such a topic in a unique way.
This was at a state university in one of the more liberal states in America. Maybe I just got lucky.
Bottom line is that if you want to do something charitable, donate time, material or money to a reputable organization which helps the people you want to target. For example, in my case, I have a soft spot for military veterans and trust the VFW.
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Around my vicinity within a 2 block radius of my own parish church, I NEVER give to these bums. Why? My church gives more food to them twice a week. I donate to my parish. Follow the trail..
—When someone is holding a sign at a freeway off ramp, I drive by without helping that person. I send that person good thoughts. However, I do not want to create a hazardous situation that could cause a car accident. You are not doing anyone a favor when you block traffic to give to a panhandler, especially when this causes a car accident that could entail someone getting injured. —
When I lived in seattle, that was my motto. Interestingly, when someone did stop to help and the light was green, I would go around them if possible. One of those people I went around mustered real road rage against me. It would have been funny (the irony and all) if it were not so serious.
Now, when someone does it, I just lay on the horn, and keep it on, until they move. But it is not an issue where I live now. That scam doesn’t exist here. Yet.
This can’t be Berkeley, CA because it’s a violence-free, smoke-free, junk food-free utopia.
Just wondering -- if there were no panhandlers, then to whom were the idiots giving money?
One of those conundrums, I guess -- which came first, the panhandler or the idiot?
Depends on the location. When we lived in Japan, one of their reporters went to New York and marveled at how there could be so many "Help Wanted" signs around Manhattan and so many panhandlers.
The intrepid reporter approached the panhandlers and asked them this very question. The results ranged from downright disgusting to humorous. One 30 something black guy was particularly funny. He looked at the reporter like he was daft and said "You know what you get for putting in an eight hour day at one of these places and working your a** off? Maybe 60 or 70 dollars a day by the time they take all the taxes out. Do you want somebody to own you body and soul for 60 or 70 dollars a day? Hell, I can make that kind of money in two or three hours of panhandling!"
I never give money.
I always offer food.
Right thing to do.
When I see a panhandler, I see somebody who managed to piss off every relative or friend that ever cared about them. Why wouldn’t they go to them for help? Because they were too prideful, and wound up burning all of their bridges.
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