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When you see homeless people on the street, do you give them money? Do you give money to the church to help the poor?

This might do well in the GDF . . .

I took the law and threw it away
Cause there's nothing wrong
It's just for play
Theres no law, no law anymore
I want to steal from the rich and
Give to the poor

Does it count as giving if I throw stuff at them?

Originally posted by Bardock42
I took the law and threw it away
Cause there's nothing wrong
It's just for play
Theres no law, no law anymore
I want to steal from the rich and
Give to the poor

WHY THE HELL IS EVERYONE RHYMING?!

Isn't that what the poetry forum is for?

Because they are trying to start a stupid ass fad which would fail miserably and die quick. So ignore them.

Originally posted by Jack of Light
WHY THE HELL IS EVERYONE RHYMING?!

Isn't that what the poetry forum is for?

There aren't a lot of people in the poetry forum
In fact it hardly counts as a quorum

Originally posted by JacopeX
Because they are trying to start a stupid ass fad which would fail miserably and die quick. So ignore them.

Right, no, anyways idiots.

All of the poor people around here are motivated and don't beg for money.

i try to remember that all they are gonna do with the $$$ is buy booze. there is one guy, however, who is a gulf war veteran, and he hangs out outside walmart. whenever we go to the store, and i see him, i buy him a mcdonalds value meal. poor guy lost both legs below the knees and is deaf. i think he stepped on a land mine or something. i get the impression that he is ashamed of begging for food, but that he has to in order to survive.

he communicates with his hands, basically, and reads lips. when i asked him what happened, he showed me his USMC tat. and he made a blow up gesture with his hands. i feel really sorry for him. but, even though he chained to a wheelchair, he still has that USMC pride about him.

you would think the gov't would take care of it's vets..

he gets a VA check, i am sure, but i am sure its pretty minimal.

Is Santa a black man with buck teeth and aviators?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
he communicates with his hands, basically, and reads lips. when i asked him what happened, he showed me his USMC tat. and he made a blow up gesture with his hands. i feel really sorry for him. but, even though he chained to a wheelchair, he still has that USMC pride about him.
Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
you would think the gov't would take care of it's vets..

My dad's friend is a USMC Vet and he lost half his leg and has a bunch of shrapnel in his back from Vietnam.

He gets a VA check but it isn't enough to live on or support his family for a month, granted he doesn't ask for money, but I'm just saying the check probably isn't that much for the guy RJ is talking about.

When I have money to spare, yes. twocents

i just feel as if i owe it to him. dude went there to fight for my freedom, and look at what he got.

I'd rather flush my money down the toilet than give it to the church.

-AC

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
i just feel as if i owe it to him. dude went there to fight for my freedom, and look at what he got.

I'm not saying don't give him money, if a guy like that was outside of our local Wal-Mart I would always give him money.

Every chance I get.

Of course, what I give them is scorn

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I'd rather flush my money down the toilet than give it to the church.

-AC

what about the guy (or gal) on the street?

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
I'd rather flush my money down the toilet than give it to the church.

-AC
is that because you dont believe in god? what if the church used it to build a youth center, or feed homeless people?

yes I give to the poor

the ones holding the signs "will work for food"?.....not a frigging cent. the funny thing is that if you offer them work, they wont take it most of the time.

Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
When you see homeless people on the street, do you give them money? Do you give money to the church to help the poor?

Yup.

Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
When you see homeless people on the street, do you give them money? Do you give money to the church to help the poor?
only if i have some spare change

sometimes.. i guess...

Originally posted by LethalFemme
Does it count as giving if I throw stuff at them?

I support Amnesty International, Broederlijk Delen, 11.11.11., projects from people I know and trust, and I sometimes give money to the homeless.


Ceterum censeo OTF esse delendam.

Originally posted by Morgoths_Wrath
When you see homeless people on the street, do you give them money? Do you give money to the church to help the poor?
No. I give money to people who can't help their condition.