A justified rant, and great comments thread, by @geekpowered about why he occasionally gives spare change to homeless people when he encounters them:
I know this isn't a popular opinion, but once I give a homeless guy some money, it's his. He/she can spend it on whatever they want. This includes drugs or alcohol.
If I was stuck on the street every night in filthy clothes, begging for a few bucks to get a meal, your damn fucking right I would spend a few bucks every once in a while on something to numb my senses, or take a bit of the pain away.
Obviously I am biased in this topic, having worked alongside homeless people as one of the original team members who opened the Emmaus community in Preston (UK).
It is easy to blame rough sleepers over their habits, their addiction but it is even easier to do so without trying to understand their actual lives and what they do not have, a structure.
Head over to @geekpowered’s excellent rant Homeless, Drugs, and Alcohol and join the comments to share your personal point of view.
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