Your views on the homeless....
- Thread starter HERESY
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ITS A SAD SITUATION PERIOD.
A LOT OF THEM NEED MENTAL HELP AND HAVE NO WAY TO GET IT.
SOME ARE ON DRUGS AND CHOOSE NOT TO GO TO SHELTERS...THEY WANT TO BE ON THE STREETS. ITS JUST SAD. IN THIS WORLD THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GO AROUND AND YET THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO GO HUNGRY.
SOME PEOPLE DONT CARE BECAUSE ITS NOT THEM BUT ILL TELL YOU THAT IT COULD HAPPEN TO HALF OF AMERICA BEING THE FACT MOST ALL OF US LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK
I DO NOT LOOK DOWN ON HOMELESS PEOPLE. SOME OF THE BEST HUMAN BEINGS I KNOW HAVE BEEN OR ARE HOMELESS.THERE ARE SOME TRULY INTELLIGENT HOMELESS PEOPLE.....
A LOT OF THEM NEED MENTAL HELP AND HAVE NO WAY TO GET IT.
SOME ARE ON DRUGS AND CHOOSE NOT TO GO TO SHELTERS...THEY WANT TO BE ON THE STREETS. ITS JUST SAD. IN THIS WORLD THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GO AROUND AND YET THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO GO HUNGRY.
SOME PEOPLE DONT CARE BECAUSE ITS NOT THEM BUT ILL TELL YOU THAT IT COULD HAPPEN TO HALF OF AMERICA BEING THE FACT MOST ALL OF US LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK
I DO NOT LOOK DOWN ON HOMELESS PEOPLE. SOME OF THE BEST HUMAN BEINGS I KNOW HAVE BEEN OR ARE HOMELESS.THERE ARE SOME TRULY INTELLIGENT HOMELESS PEOPLE.....
^NOBODY DOUBTS THAT. THE THANg IS, ARE THEY SMART ENOUgH TO NOT FALL OR gET OUT THAT SITUATION? AND ASIDE FROM WHAT YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE ALSO SCAM ARTISTS WHO MAKE MORE PEDDLIN' THAN HAVIN' A 9 TO 5. AND THERE ARE JUST THE DRUNKS WHO FELL SORRY FOR THEMSELVES. IF YOU CAN'T HELP YOURSELF, WHO ELSE WILL?
Fuck em. they have a free K-12 education provided for them. My grandma bagged groceries for safeway and other convinence stores untill she retired. needless to say my dad didnt have shit. e worked hard when he had his free education so his college would be free as well. and well needless to say he made it out ok. I chose to join the military to help my country and pay for my college in combination wiht financial aid. it can be done, where there is a will there is a way.
now all u flaming librals stop hugging your tree, and let loose your bleeding heart on my post.
now all u flaming librals stop hugging your tree, and let loose your bleeding heart on my post.
Even if you didn't find two after you posted this, it only needs to change over one culture (to America) because that is the Bible we are talking about, and for the most part, the one we all read and reference.
I don't think it is comparing apples and oranges. America knows where Jesus is from, it is not a misperception. Besides America has proven over and over it's level of corruption. Then again it could have changed before it even reached America, it would have been much easier.
I don't think it is comparing apples and oranges. America knows where Jesus is from, it is not a misperception. Besides America has proven over and over it's level of corruption. Then again it could have changed before it even reached America, it would have been much easier.
Oh shit.....your right. not once have I seen a homeless asian person. What the fuck is the rasoning behind that?
I was going home from work with a lunch I didn't eat. I see a homeless guy walking with a white dude that looked well off. Homeless guy was feeding this bullshit of his hotel room burning on fire and not having a place to sleep or anything to eat. I know he's makin the shit up cause he's always rehersed on everything he says. I hand him my lunch, which I could have eatin myself considering I didn't eat anything all day, and he takes it from me without saying one word to me. He took it from my and continued to talk to the person about his need for money without giving me a second look or a nod of "thanks".
I'm just sayin that most of the homeless are there because of one reason....drugs. They are addicts and only care for money to supply their addiction. You will relize fast that most people aren't as greatful when you hand them food as opposed to money. You wonder why.
I was going home from work with a lunch I didn't eat. I see a homeless guy walking with a white dude that looked well off. Homeless guy was feeding this bullshit of his hotel room burning on fire and not having a place to sleep or anything to eat. I know he's makin the shit up cause he's always rehersed on everything he says. I hand him my lunch, which I could have eatin myself considering I didn't eat anything all day, and he takes it from me without saying one word to me. He took it from my and continued to talk to the person about his need for money without giving me a second look or a nod of "thanks".
I'm just sayin that most of the homeless are there because of one reason....drugs. They are addicts and only care for money to supply their addiction. You will relize fast that most people aren't as greatful when you hand them food as opposed to money. You wonder why.
youve never been down on van ness then. theres one guy, likes to sit in the ash treys of city hall and panhandle there. or if you catch im on the street. he'll appraoch you with a half smoked cigerette going "hey i dont want anything but a light" after you give him a light then he goes 'i dont suppose you could spare any money? i havent eaten in 3 days..." he gets around alot for someone who doesnt eat.
I agree with you. there are homless folks that have legitimate problems ' house burnt down, lost my job...' but 9 out of 10 of them are junkies before beign homeless. I cant listen to everyones story.
I use to work at a hotel on 5th and mission. trying to have a cig break out there is the worse, you could easily bum out a pack in 5mins on that corner. meanwhile across the street theres a guy on the steps on the mint who looks like a biker, selling junk. and around the corner of jesse ally two guys trying to shoot there herion behind a dumpster.
i can get use to that i guess, but only cause its a work location. out in the sunset, on 46th n judah i got the same problems there, whats worse is they know my name, and i know theirs. a couple of them have finally gotten the point to not ask me for nothing (esp when your drinking steel reserve 211)
fuck a crack head
I agree with you. there are homless folks that have legitimate problems ' house burnt down, lost my job...' but 9 out of 10 of them are junkies before beign homeless. I cant listen to everyones story.
I use to work at a hotel on 5th and mission. trying to have a cig break out there is the worse, you could easily bum out a pack in 5mins on that corner. meanwhile across the street theres a guy on the steps on the mint who looks like a biker, selling junk. and around the corner of jesse ally two guys trying to shoot there herion behind a dumpster.
i can get use to that i guess, but only cause its a work location. out in the sunset, on 46th n judah i got the same problems there, whats worse is they know my name, and i know theirs. a couple of them have finally gotten the point to not ask me for nothing (esp when your drinking steel reserve 211)
fuck a crack head
Man, I'm just going to share a little something. One of the saddest thing's I ever did see.
I was working at this grocery store in Modesto, and we have about 3-4 bums that frequent the store to buy their fix of King Cobra for the hour. This one time, A "bum" came in and it just about broke my heart. It was this lady, she looked to be about 45 years old. She came in asking me if I saw $10 on the ground that she had lost. That was the first dagger in my heart. A bum losing what was probably her days earnings. I looked at her face, and she stared at me as if her entire family and friends were all killed in front of her. Now here is the thing that was hard for me to take in: She looked like she had only been a bum for a month or two. It was like she had children still in highschool, and she was still wearing her work clothes, only they have been covering her body since she has been on the streets. They were nice clothers, just terribly worn out. I think she was wearing slacks and a knit sweater. She was still carrying a purse with her. She didn't look like a nasty crack addict, just a middle aged woman without a home or anyone to care. She walked about as slow as a snail and just stared at the ground like she was trying to relive the moments that lead her to the streets, trying to figure out where things went wrong.
I really can't put into words what I saw, but it was one of the most gut wrenching sights I have ever witnessed. I feel sorry for every bum out there, drug addict or not. Sometimes I buy them food, sometimes I give them cash so they can go and buy more heroin. Whatever it is I can do to make them just a little happier, I can and will.
I was working at this grocery store in Modesto, and we have about 3-4 bums that frequent the store to buy their fix of King Cobra for the hour. This one time, A "bum" came in and it just about broke my heart. It was this lady, she looked to be about 45 years old. She came in asking me if I saw $10 on the ground that she had lost. That was the first dagger in my heart. A bum losing what was probably her days earnings. I looked at her face, and she stared at me as if her entire family and friends were all killed in front of her. Now here is the thing that was hard for me to take in: She looked like she had only been a bum for a month or two. It was like she had children still in highschool, and she was still wearing her work clothes, only they have been covering her body since she has been on the streets. They were nice clothers, just terribly worn out. I think she was wearing slacks and a knit sweater. She was still carrying a purse with her. She didn't look like a nasty crack addict, just a middle aged woman without a home or anyone to care. She walked about as slow as a snail and just stared at the ground like she was trying to relive the moments that lead her to the streets, trying to figure out where things went wrong.
I really can't put into words what I saw, but it was one of the most gut wrenching sights I have ever witnessed. I feel sorry for every bum out there, drug addict or not. Sometimes I buy them food, sometimes I give them cash so they can go and buy more heroin. Whatever it is I can do to make them just a little happier, I can and will.
Nitro, your kind hearted homie. But someone can use that to their advantage. Even to the point of saying you would fund their drug habits to make life for them a little more plesent. That's not necessarily a good thing. Because they will just be in a deeper whole to climb out of.
But I can understand where your coming from in that you wish you could help everyone and make everyone satisfied. That's cool of you homie, but remember that the majority of homeless people made many mistakes in life and often didn't take in account the effect it would have on them i.e drugs.
But I can understand where your coming from in that you wish you could help everyone and make everyone satisfied. That's cool of you homie, but remember that the majority of homeless people made many mistakes in life and often didn't take in account the effect it would have on them i.e drugs.
I dont think that anyone really cares enough to do it. Im sure that people jsut end up in the gutter too. u know maby ther wife leaves them and they get in to drinking and end up there. I mean oim not a bad person and i would love to help the ones who fell on some hard times and fucked up war vets especilly. But some lazy ass mother fuckers jsut are bums and exploit and use the stories of the ones i would like to help.