To be fair, not all beggars have good intentions (as some have mentioned here already). A guy at the bus terminal asked all passengers for some money for a ticket to the capital and all declined. I was the last person he asked, I and thought why the hell not, I should be a kind human being (especially since I got my pay check the same day and actually could afford the guy's ticket). Though, I'm not born yesterday. I said to him that I'll be willing to assist him, but that I will only hand the driver the money needed. The guy mumbled something incoherent and walked away. Guess that bus ride wasn't that important after all..
We don't have many beggars here in Finland. Of course we have our fair share of homeless and such, but they get at least some monetary assistance from the state. The problem is that recently there's been an influx of east European beggars that are part of a bigger organization. The people out on the streets begging are not the ones who will get the money, but the crime lords higher up in the organization will feast on the spoils.
Uh, yeah, tl;dr. Fuck those who can't help a fellow human being without needing his imaginary friend to tell him so.
We don't have many beggars here in Finland. Of course we have our fair share of homeless and such, but they get at least some monetary assistance from the state. The problem is that recently there's been an influx of east European beggars that are part of a bigger organization. The people out on the streets begging are not the ones who will get the money, but the crime lords higher up in the organization will feast on the spoils.
Uh, yeah, tl;dr. Fuck those who can't help a fellow human being without needing his imaginary friend to tell him so.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
