RE: The Homeless Shake
June 30, 2016 at 7:43 pm
(This post was last modified: June 30, 2016 at 7:44 pm by account_inactive.)
(June 30, 2016 at 7:38 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(June 30, 2016 at 7:27 pm)Bella Morte Wrote: I always stop, give some money if I can and talk to the homeless when around the city. Some of them are the nicest folk you will ever meet. Those people who deliberately avoid and treat them like they aren't human beings make my blood boil.
I agree that some homeless people are fine, like I've shared joints with plenty and stop to pick up every hitchhiker. However I live next to two bridges in Seattle (in rains a lot here, and there are a lot of homeless) and a shelter. If I stopped to talk to every homeless person, it would be a full time job. It also gets annoying to have a friendly conversation turn into a hustle so frequently. So I understand why some people become hardened against it. It doesn't mean they are bad people, but when under every bridge is littered with heroin needles (not an exaggeration) sometimes cash is not going to be the solution.
I obviously couldn't stand and talk to every homeless person, but you know what I mean. I agree with you that cash isn't the solution for the drug addicts though. I didn't really claim it was either, we should be doing more to help the homeless.
We've had a fair share of not so nice homeless around the city too. It's common, I guess.
