ok I am watching America's Most Wanted and there was this story about this gang tht would take homeless ppl and make them slaves, making them sell drugs 24/7 and if they thought the homeless ppl didnt work hard enough, they would kill them. they did this re-inactment about it and it showed this poor old homeless guy begging the gang for food and the gang thru chinese food at him and the homeless guy would eat the scraps. i get so sad when things like this happen to the homeless cause they are so harmless and real needy (not a bad thing). I feel sooo bad now after i saw tht re-inactment. I cant even go to DC cause there are homeless ppl and i just will feel so bad for them. I always bring like $10 when i do go to DC so i could get the homeless some food or something.

is there NE one else tht feel bad for the homeless? i hear alot of ppl hate them cause they think all homeless are drunkies and druggies and all..

I feel really bad for them.
Some of them choose that lifestyle, and I personally think that's cool of them.. to give up so much to have a really awful lifestyle (in my opinion).

I do feel bad for them, though.

That is really sad. it is terrible that people would even think about taking advantage of homeless people. damn them! i sometimes feel sorry for homeless people but then i think if i ever met one and was like, "i feel sorry for you." they would be like, "don't feel sorry for me, i don't need anyone's help." but yeah...that is really sad. we don't have alot of homeless people in the part of texas that i live in. but downtown, we have alot of homeless shelters that help people like that.

well i feel sorry for the ones that have no reason to be homeless.. but i dont feel sorry for the ones who just spend their money on alcohol or drugs..

no Not Really. isn't it their Fault they're on the streets? If they were Born Poor than I'll Feel Sorry for them. And Druggies?? HELL NO! It's Their Own Fault they got into that crap.

yeah, i feel sorry for them sometimes. but i feel bad if they ask me for money, and i don't give it to them, so i just try to ignore them.

i feel sorry for the old ones and the little ones... but those homeless people who are capable to work... not really... i think they should find work.

yeah its really sad to see the condition the homeless people are in and makes you feel grateful for what you have and to appreciate it

yea i feel bad for some homeless pplz but not the ones who got themselves homeless frm buying so many drugs and alcohol

Yeah I feel sorry for all of them. The druggies & drunk need help, SERIOUS help, but they have no money or no one who cares enough to help them. The rest. Yeah.

yes i feel bad for homeless people. we had a debate in my class about whos fault is it taht homeless people are homeless. its both the homeless fault and the goverments fault. if you used your money on drugs and **** then its your fault you became homeless. its the govements fault because the make it so hard on they people to pay taxes and raising the prices on ever thing.

I feel bad for SOME homeless people... because sometimes homeless people come up to my boyfriend and I asking for a cigarette and stuff.. I feel bad for those homeless people that actually try to 'make' their money.. like when they say they will wash your windshield or whatever... I mean, at least you know they will 'work' for the money... but I never let them do it, I just give them the money... there are a lot of 'homeless' people here in Vegas, and sometimes in school, I hear stories of how most of the people that are on the corners of the streets with the little cardboard signs asking for money.. aren't really homeless or whatever.. and that that's what they do for a living or whatever... so, eh

oOOh! I just saw that on TV!!!! And well I feel sorry that they would have to do that to the homeless person. >.<

Then again, they can always just like...pick themselves right up and get a job instead of sitting there like a homeless person..you know?

its hard for them to do that though because of what they've been though. if you look at it, most big name companies and stores wouldn't hire you if they knew you were homeless. that goes to show you how, hard it is just for them to try to make a living

I aggree with you 100%. There aren't too many homeless people where I live, but when I go into the city, there are tons.

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Yeh.. there was this little old lady, always selling flowers and shaking her little cup for donations. I don't think she could even talk. I always wanted to just buy all those beautiful flowers and give them out.. and then fill her little cup with money. Unfortunately, I was 9 and broke.


Then there was the huge smelly guy yelling and cursing at me to get off is 'property'. Which happened to be a sidewalk in the middle of the promenade in santa monica.

It depends on the reason why they're homeless. If it's drugs, smoke and alchohol, then I won't care.

omg that's sooo wrong!!! those ppls are bunch of losers!! omg :angry: i hate that!!! i cant believe they did that to the homeless ppls!! dammit use them as a slave? oooh i wana get my hands on them... are they now in the prison, right? anyways yes i do care for the homeless persons... they are humans too u know. and also brothers & sisters in Christ^^

I agree. My grandma is also leaving for the philippines...

Yeah people can be so mean and ignorant.

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umm honestly, i really don't feel bad for homeless people... i mean like it was their fault if they got a bad education or they didn't go to school or whatever..i dont know maybe i'm wrong but thats my opinion

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aww thats so sad. :[
YES I FEEL SO SORRY FOR EM. =[

Yes i feel bad for REAL homeless people, but as for the drunkies and turn themselves to homeless then NO. I saw this man in toronto he lost the bottom half of his 2 arms and his whole 2 legs. He could play one of those intrument that kinda looks like a piano. NOW thats someone who I admire, he is practivally disable and is still able to make a living with what he has left.

that story so sad !

but for homeless people... i dont always feel sorry for them i always think get a effing job ! that`s why you have a body for .... lol

sadly the gang isnt in jail..ugh i wanna find them ad put them in jail so bad

hope they keep posting the gang on America's Most Wanted

i feel bad for them but i mean what can i do. im just one person.

my mom and i saw this really poor guy so we gave him some money and now whenever we go past where he "lives" he always expects us to give him money. see now hes dependent on us.

yea i feel bad for them, but sometimes they are kinda annoying......some of them still "normal" i bet they could get a job... but eh i do feel bad for them... But wuts really annoying is when they waste the money u give them on beer.... the other day i saw a homeless guy buy a lotto ticket...... how the fudge is he gonna know the winning numbers? NO TV!! ... yea some people still have the option to work but dont =/ iono

depends on the reason why they are homeless, because they dont have to be homeless, they can get a job at mcdonalds or sumthing and like rent an apartment,but sum i do feel sorry for...

I'm sorta scared of them...0.0

I feel sad for them, but sometimes i think they deserve it. You know gamblers? They spent all their money in gambling. They even treat bad with their family. For gamblers, they deserve it!

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I do feel sorry for them, but to an extent. There could be the reasons why he/she is homeless due to factors that dosen't make them fit for working (seriously bad attitude, can't work with other people, that kind of stuff...) and/or he/she blown their money/opportunity on booze or gambling.

We spend over $20,000 per poor person on welfare each year. In addition, states spend their own welfare money -- this adds up to $38,000 per poor person in Hawaii -- more than the average American makes by working. Somehow, it's hard to feel sorry for them.

In the long run, our bread-and-circuses welfare system will collapse and bring the rest of society down with it. Then we will be overrun by Goths and other barbarians, possibly Huns (after Schroeder gets his act together).

But for now, work harder, slaves!! Millions on welfare depend on you!!

ditto. Some homeless ppl got homeless because they quited school and they left their family. Those homeless people are the kinds that just spend the money you give to drugs.
The ones i feel bad for are the ones that are homeless because they dont have alotmoney to buy food...like the ones in Philippines. They live over a water and they have to catch fish to eat food. Those are the ones i feel for.

yeah me too

sometimes i see homless people on the streets smoking and asking for money..im just like -___-

I feel bad for the ones who were helpless and ended up that way. I am willing to help them in any way possible. The ones who chose that lifestyle [drugs etc.] I don't feel bad for.

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well i feel sorry for the ones that have no reason to be homeless.. but i dont feel sorry for the ones who just spend their money on alcohol or drugs..


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yeh i fully understand ur point of view but den again think about WHY they are homeless??? thers 2 types of homeless... 1) wife gets ticked off /// wins the lottery; kicks husband out of house......... 2) spent all their money sold all their property n belongings jus to get sum drugs, well its their fault for gettin hooked in the first place.
ppl get wut im sayin?

Doesn't the husband have assets? Your spouse can't just kick you out of the house if the house is jointly-owned. If that happened, sue her ass off!

99% of homeless people it's their own fault -- The government gives the poor SO MUCH MONEY, that even if you are blind and only have one leg, you still should be able to get your own place. And even if that isn't enough, we have private-sector socialism (more often referred to as "charity") here as well:

- Soup kitchens offering a free hot meal active every day of the week
- If a poor person's kid gets into Harvard (I know two of them), he gets a full ride through school, full room and board, AND a monthly stiped. Plus it's actually EASIER for poor people to get into Harvard because of affirmative action.
- Poor people can get thousands of dollars in direct aid, ON TOP OF the tens of thousands in public aid they already get

Etc...

It's called Bread-and-Circuses ... this idea that, since the poor can vote, you should give them free stuff so they vote for you, dates back to Ancient Rome, with free food (bread) and gladiator games (circuses) -- today we just give them food stamps and MTV instead ... but they even get free healthcare, which most Americans don't. So I guess Bread-Doctors-and-Video Circuses.

That story is awful! I do feel sorrie for some of the homeless people, but most of the homeless people still have arms and legs and they could at least try to get a job than to live a life like that

Not at all --

My brother has been the victim of three different types of Affirmative Action...

1) Gender
2) Race
3) Monetary status...

Just because we're an intact, well-off white family of 3 brothers, we'll all get screwed when we go to apply to those bleeding heart admissions bastards.

I don't feel sorry for them at all. It really isn't that hard to find a way to make money...

There is no gender affirmative action at colleges. That only happens in traditionally male jobs, such as police and firefighting.

You forgot another kind of affirmative action though: Geographical. Your profile says you live in Missouri. So chances are, Washington University would rather have someone from Vermont attend than their own state -- they want diversity.

Also, although affirmative action IS responsible for many people like you getting rejected at places you want, you shouldn't blame it. The victim-mentality achieves nothing. You should work to improve your credentials above the pool, THEN work to abolish affirmative action.

The reason African-Americans today, as group are unsucessful, is BECAUSE of the victim mentality ("White people are racist against us. We have to stop racism before we can succeed.") NO! You have to SUCCEED before you can STOP RACISM. The same deal exists with affirmative action.

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.

When I see a homeless person, I point towards the nearest Help Wanted sign.

Then you are being insensitive and unrealistic, because many of these homeless people DO have jobs. Many homeless people are only homeless for a few months because of a raise in rent or a cut in a salary, etc.

Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime. But require a man to catch at least a certain amount of fish or he can't have any fish at all, and he starves.

Many of the homeless can't get jobs. The reason? Minimum wage.

taht's sad... but weeird

thats good business, hiring the cheapest possible workers to make tons of money. but the homeless didnt get that way without making the decision to be homeless whether directly or not. Many homeless people get to be homeless because of drug addictions or gambling. Still others were plunged into the homeless life style by another person who takes advantage of them. feeling sorry for homeless people wont get them a warm meal. Offering them a job will. If they refuse and choose to stay homeless that is when they should be arrested and deported to live with their own people in a third world country.

minimum wage is 6.25 an hour last i checked that is still pretty good. they should take their earnings get a hobo pack on the end of a stick, a can of beans and a pocketful of dreams. On the open road is the best place to be.

Most homeless don't have $6.25 an hour worth of skilsl though ... forcing businesses to hire at that rate means many of them won't be employed. We should abolish the minimum wage to help the poor.

Well, I scored a 4 on the European History AP exam, a 5 on the US History AP exam, a 5 on my English 11 AP exam, a 5 on my Psychology AP exam, and I plan on earning 5's in English 12, Physics, and Government AP exams.

I scored 1480 on my SAT I, and I plan on bumping that up above 1500 this year.

I'm involved in the school newspaper, basketball, tennis, debate/forensics, and I'm the class president, and ranked #3.

Anything else I can do to bump those credentials up? Okay then, now what to do about affirmative action?