Give money to hobos?

yankeedoodle
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:03:15 +0000

“I feel like some of them aren’t even real bums, but why would you waste your day begging for change?”

Exactly. You have to be pretty desperate to get to that stage.

Why is everyone so negative towards homeless people? As if they don’t have enough problems to deal with. I always give homeless people money if I have some with me. I did a project about them and learned that 90% are mentally ill. It’s important to realize that mental illness isn’t a choice; it’s the produce of genetic vulnerability to the condition and environmental influences. Furthermore, our society tries to pretend mental illness doesn’t exist because the thought of it is just “too scary”. Speaking of it is “taboo”. That shouldn’t stop us from donating some change to them if we can. It’s not as if we’re asking them to stay in our homes.

That being said, yes, many of them do waste their money on drugs and booze. However, realistically speaking, if any of us were in their position and have been homeless for a long time we would probably do the same.