Agreed. I personally figure that if the person I give a couple of dollars to spends it on booze, well hey, maybe it's a cheap thrill in a crappy life, though I won't subsidize it long-term. But I'm merely explaining my philosophy, not signing up converts.
However, I'd like to clear up one minor misunderstanding -- the fact that they have better shoes than you do does not mean they have the same opportunities you do. Speaking again out of my experience as a flood victim -- our little town was literally flooded with clothing donations. Only thing was, there were only two rental properties in town and they were chock full of the landlord's relatives. Clothes on the other hand, we were knee-deep in clothes.... On the third hand, this misunderstanding does not mean that you are wrong about the people wasting the resources they do have. I totally agree on the drugs and cigarettes. But then, faced with an irrational problem, they choose an irrational coping mechanism, shrug...is it wise, no, do I condemn them really, no... Dana On 5/17/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That may be true, but it is not my job or responsibility > > to give them a dollar. > > > I will not support beggars. You can, but don't tell me I > > have to. > > My comments aren't in response to your wanting to contribute in other > ways -- or even not wanting to contribute at all. If a person doesn't > want to contribute (in any way), that's their right, regardless of how > much an ass I think they are. My issue is with people claiming that > anyone and everyone can avoid becoming or get out of being homeless > just by looking for a job -- that getting out of homelessness is a > simple matter of desire and that anyone who is homeless therefore is > so entirely of their own doing. I don't deny that there are con > artists -- I've never personally seen any, or if I have they've been > very good at it. This may have a lot to do with location. I've never > lived and/or worked in a really high-traffic area with good public > transportation and a lot of pan-handling, which is where I would > expect to find the con artists who work that particular angle. > > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157984 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
