Giving Money To Beggars
Giving Money To Beggars
Do you give money to beggars?
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xonodoubt69 wrote:I did once but only cause he kicked me and i was scared of him. I'm weak
does anyone here find it ironic that it was teh begger that kicked her?
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I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
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heh, there is this guy who sits outside of the muchmusic building and he has a sign that says "$1 short of taking over the world" or something like that. it's funny. i also saw a guy with a "out of work supermodel" sign.
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Clumsyboy wrote:xonodoubt69 wrote:I did once but only cause he kicked me and i was scared of him. I'm weak
does anyone here find it ironic that it was teh begger that kicked her?
True.
Man, that guy was weird. We were sitting in line for a concert (Silverchair
)... which was quite unfortunate for ALL of us, cos he came down the line and bugged each and every one of us, refusing to let us ignore him (which was what Melissa was trying to do when he kicked her). He called me Brooke Shields. 
And he told everyone to "go back to Canada" cos it wasn't safe in America.
Anyway, to answer the question, I don't give money to beggars, either, cos of the same reason Kimmy gave.
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your poll needs a "depends"
lol once i offered a beggar a burger i bought from burger king since i wasnt going to eat it since i was about to goto a bar for a concert or something along those lines and had to get rid of the food.. so i offered it to him and he said no and asked for money. i told him i had no money but had the food and thats all i could do and for him to "take it or leave it" he ended up taking it
and then complained i gave him a burger from BK
i just ignored him after that
and the 5 other times he came up to me that night
i even stopped kruno from giving him money later that night cuz of that incident.
i do sometimes give money tho
very rarely tho
im too poor
lol once i offered a beggar a burger i bought from burger king since i wasnt going to eat it since i was about to goto a bar for a concert or something along those lines and had to get rid of the food.. so i offered it to him and he said no and asked for money. i told him i had no money but had the food and thats all i could do and for him to "take it or leave it" he ended up taking it
and then complained i gave him a burger from BK
i just ignored him after that
and the 5 other times he came up to me that night
i even stopped kruno from giving him money later that night cuz of that incident.
i do sometimes give money tho
very rarely tho
im too poor
go fuck yourself.
i only give to the first guy that asks. that's it, and it's the change in my pocket or maybe a dollar tops. the others.....too late you bastards! i just keep walking and ignore the rest. this one time a guy got right in front of me and my friends claim i bulled over him. all i did was nudge him a little, the guy flew man! but i kept on trucking. 
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let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
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I am all for the squeegee kids. I mean at least they are doing something productive.
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Goodbye you liar,
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
Goodbye you liar,
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
I do depending on the beggar .. my friends and I were screamed at and chased by one beggar simply because we walked by him so I'm not about to give him money after that. I tend to give money to the younger ones .. when I was at edgefest a young guy stopped me when I got off the bus saying he was short $5.00 to get home to Kitchener .. he gave me this story about how he had been stuck there overnight with no food and he was weak and tired .. I only had a looney on me though 
I don't carry money on me very often but when I do and I see someone like that I will give them money.
I don't feel sorry for the older ones you run into day after day .. like take yourself into a bathroom, clean up and find a damn job already. It's understandable if say you get kicked out and you run out of luck for a few days or a week or something but to do nothing about it week after week kinda irks me.
I don't carry money on me very often but when I do and I see someone like that I will give them money.
I don't feel sorry for the older ones you run into day after day .. like take yourself into a bathroom, clean up and find a damn job already. It's understandable if say you get kicked out and you run out of luck for a few days or a week or something but to do nothing about it week after week kinda irks me.
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Random Name wrote:I am all for the squeegee kids. I mean at least they are doing something productive.
But if they cleaned themselves up a bit, they could easily get a McJob.
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If anything, I'd give beggars food. It's what they need most, and they can't go out and buy booze with ti.
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Axtech wrote:Random Name wrote:I am all for the squeegee kids. I mean at least they are doing something productive.
But if they cleaned themselves up a bit, they could easily get a McJob.
You can say the same thing about beggers then too. at least these people working, even if it isnt a paying job.
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Goodbye you liar,
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
Goodbye you liar,
Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything
Then you think you will inspire
Take apart your head
(and I wish I could inspire)
Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
I don't see beggars around here either .. it's just not something you see as much in smaller cities .. London and Toronto is where I always encounter them.
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xonodoubt69 wrote:I did once but only cause he kicked me and i was scared of him. I'm weak
I'm sorry but that would be hilarious to see.
Without you I'm as good as
dead ...
There was a family where I went to university who'd sit on the street begging all day and being really rude if you didn't give them money and sending their little kids up to ask for money. And then one day I saw them heading out of town in expensive trainers with shopping bags full of new clothes. And now I can't give money to beggars ever just in case they're like that, even though I know most of them aren't.
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.