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Originally posted by merdawg
i've never seen that before, but i think that is so messed up. if they genuinely needed the money for food or clothing rather than alcohol or drugs, then they wouldnt do that. but then again, desperate times calls for desperate measures.

my youth leader was talking about this stuff a long time ago. he explained his encounter with a homeless man begging for money. what my youth leader did was go to a nearby chinese restaurant and but some food for him. then wen the homeless man's family came out, he realized that they needed more so he went to buy some more.

i think that that is a better way to help them out rather than giving them money where u are uncertain where or what they are going to spend it on. in this case, u atleast know what ur money is being used for.

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I was walking down in the city once with a few of my friends and we bought food for him so he wouldnt waste the money on drugs..

When they buy drugs with money.. it makes me wonder.. why the hell would you dig deeper into a problem like that? wouldn't you want to get out of there and start a new life? I think thats just stupid. its worse than giving up.. its just trying to get attention and pity.

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Originally posted by j3ss
I was walking down in the city once with a few of my friends and we bought food for him so he wouldnt waste the money on drugs..

When they buy drugs with money.. it makes me wonder.. why the hell would you dig deeper into a problem like that? wouldn't you want to get out of there and start a new life? I think thats just stupid. its worse than giving up.. its just trying to get attention and pity.

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People begging for money? Hmmmm.....sounds like me when I was in 8th grade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I always used to do that. My friends would be sorry for me and they would give me. They all thought that I was a poor girl that her parents couldn't afford to give her money to buy something to snack on.... But they had no idea tha my parents DID give me money and I was saving every penny of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! While they spent their money on me (and on themselves)!!!!! Yeah, I WAS evil!

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Pisses me off.
I would know I live in Berkeley... the center of all homeless activity in this here bay area. lol.

We have some of the best crazies around.

But it really aggravates me when people ask me for money on the street "just a quarter, dollar, whatever you can spare"

whatever i can spare? HELLO. we are all broke mufuggin college students. I can't even spare a friggin penny. I work hard for my money. Why cant you?

IS what I'm thinking but giving them money doesn't help. I'd rather go work at the homeless shelter than give someone a dollar for their booze/crack habit. One time I gave someone some food from the DC and they threw it back at me. ungrateful bastards.

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