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Originally Posted by Redway
I was just using that as an example but it’s worth bearing in mind that not all people who appear to be homeless are pretending. Anyone can be without a home at any time (the average Brit. is literally one pay-cheque away from eviction). If it was me unluckily on the streets with nowhere else to go and nothing to eat because i defaulted on one-too-many rent arrears (which is a very common thing) I’d be depending on the hospitality of someone socially smart enough to realise that not all young black men are violent thugs (for example), not all middle-aged women perpetually nag (as another example) and not all homeless people are fully-roofed crackheads just looking for a handout to get more drugs. You can’t tar every single person with the same brush, especially not when it’s blatantly demonstrable how homelessness is a big issue.
By all means, don’t give them money if doing so wouldn’t resonate with your ‘principles.’ But know that not everyone out there’s pretending. It’s a cold world out there. Anything can happen to anyone at any time. That’s the crux of it.
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Are you young man because you were female a couple months ago but well done on your transformation