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Originally Posted by Nefir
Its a sad time we live in when people take advantage of the generosity of others in this way. Just one more reason people will withhold kindess from strangers...
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In my day, it was called charity and not generosity.
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There was this guy a few years ago who hung out by my university, and would approach people in the street telling them some story about his car breaking down and needing $15 or so to take the ferry, or something like that... He must have approached me at least 3 times on separate occassions with the same story. Another kind of dishonestly, I guess...
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I don't know. Whilst pretending to be worse off than you really are is not really honest, I think people here are being a little sanctimonious about this whole thing.
Let me ask you this. How many of the posters on this thread lamenting this beggar's dishonesty would swap places with them?
No, I didn't think so.
I often give money to those worse off than me. I tend to concentrate on buskers or recognized charities, and I agree this story leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouth, but I also believe that things are not as rosy for this beggar as some of you may presume.
Mr Mephisto