Give money to hobos?

sn0angel07
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:30:50 +0000

I’d agree with yankeedoodle, it’s not always like it’s a “choice” for them to be begging for money, they may just be cognitively wired in a different way and can’t function with all the societal norms. I’m not sure I’d agree with the last part (we’d all spend it on drugs or alcohol), but we can’t assume really what they spend the money on. I can’t imagine living with out all the conveniences that we do day after day (food, shelter, warmth), and it wouldn’t kill us to give them our spare change.

It’s interesting to think about how people automatically ignore and walk past them, almost as if they don’t even exist. Are we trying to suppress of some negative images or thoughts of homelessness, that makes us really uncomfortable? Or is it just to reduce any interactions that might threaten our safety?