[tjd1454]

A panhandler, a young man, stood at an intersection where I would often be stopped at the light. I would give him a dollar now and again. Then one day I see him and he had one whole side of his face tattooed with a big black design like Kiss I think.

I never gave him another dollar.

So what's your point? That you stopped giving the young man a buck because you saw he had a tattoo??? How superficial! And later you saw him in a wheelchair apparently at death's door, and still couldn't bring yourself to toss him some change - purely out of sympathy? Are you suggesting there is something commendable about your turning a blind eye to that young man? Helping him out in some way - that's something to talk about. But proudly relating that you refused to give him another buck? How shallow.

[Ditter]

I gave him money over a period of a year to help him, when he spent that money on a huge facial tattoo I don’t feel obligated to give him any more. He had to have someone in a van bring him and his wheelchair to that intersection, he could not have gotten to that wooded corner any other way.

I gave money to a man the other day who said he was collecting money so he could buy a truck for work, his tattoos didn’t stop me from giving him $10.