I call bullshit. We're talking about adults here right?
If you stuck me on a street corner tomorrow, changed my name, stunk me up, took away all I have and my degree, and made me a bum, in a few years I'd be back on top of the world.
Why? I give a shit.
I'd walk straight to a YMCA and ask for a place to sleep. They do that you know. Then I'd hit a homeless shelter and ask for clean clothes. Then I'd walk into a McDonald's and tell the manager that I'd work for free for a week and if after that first week I wasn't the best employee there I'd walk away without taking a paycheck. After that week I'd be hired. I'd bust ass, work my way up the ladder, and save money while living in the YMCA. After a year I'd get a cheap efficiency apartment and apply for a Pell Grant to go to Junior College. After two years of kicking ass and taking names there I'd grab a loan or grant to finish college. All while flipping burgers. At the end of the 5th year I'd have a degree again, a place to live, and job prospects.
My point?
Those people CHOOSE to be bums. They could work their way out of it. The former MAYOR of Austin fucking Texas was a street bum at one time. They DON'T WANT to do the whole responsibility thing. What they WANT is to bum booze and fuck around.
If that's what they want, fuck it. There's nothing wrong with giving them a drink. If you think it's wrong to give them a drink you're saying that they aren't human enough to make their own decisions and that the world needs some sort of titty-baby watchdog approach to things. Maybe you shouldn't let people buy porn either. I'm a believer that people can make their own decisions and if those people decide to sit around and drink all fucking day, who am I to try to "save them"? I wouldn't give the guy a drink because I'm too selfish to spend my money on their lazy asses, but I don't think there's some moral imperative to clean them up...
If you stuck me on a street corner tomorrow, changed my name, stunk me up, took away all I have and my degree, and made me a bum, in a few years I'd be back on top of the world.
Why? I give a shit.
I'd walk straight to a YMCA and ask for a place to sleep. They do that you know. Then I'd hit a homeless shelter and ask for clean clothes. Then I'd walk into a McDonald's and tell the manager that I'd work for free for a week and if after that first week I wasn't the best employee there I'd walk away without taking a paycheck. After that week I'd be hired. I'd bust ass, work my way up the ladder, and save money while living in the YMCA. After a year I'd get a cheap efficiency apartment and apply for a Pell Grant to go to Junior College. After two years of kicking ass and taking names there I'd grab a loan or grant to finish college. All while flipping burgers. At the end of the 5th year I'd have a degree again, a place to live, and job prospects.
My point?
Those people CHOOSE to be bums. They could work their way out of it. The former MAYOR of Austin fucking Texas was a street bum at one time. They DON'T WANT to do the whole responsibility thing. What they WANT is to bum booze and fuck around.
If that's what they want, fuck it. There's nothing wrong with giving them a drink. If you think it's wrong to give them a drink you're saying that they aren't human enough to make their own decisions and that the world needs some sort of titty-baby watchdog approach to things. Maybe you shouldn't let people buy porn either. I'm a believer that people can make their own decisions and if those people decide to sit around and drink all fucking day, who am I to try to "save them"? I wouldn't give the guy a drink because I'm too selfish to spend my money on their lazy asses, but I don't think there's some moral imperative to clean them up...