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Originally Posted by samcol
Why shouldn't you mind how they spend it? You gave it to them after all.
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Because I was being generous, not moralistic.
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Originally Posted by samcol
If you can afford to self-medicate that's one thing. If you can't even afford to have a place to live or food to eat though I think it a very different situation. If a homeless and starving person isn't spending the money on food BEFORE booze or drugs then your generosity wasn't well spent. I do expect something in return when giving them money. I expect them to get a decent meal or feed their familiy.
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So generosity is meant to be an investment? Is one supposed to get something out of being generous?
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Originally Posted by samcol
If they only use the money for their own selfish drug or alcohol abuse I don't have any respect for them.
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I'm fine with what you say here. But homeless people and panhandlers aren't the only ones with selfish drug or alcohol abuse problems.
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Originally Posted by Seaver
You have to make a series of conscious decisions to become homeless.
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While I agree with much of what you said following this, you don't seem to deny that there are many people who are homeless because they had to make a decision, such as leave home at 13 or get the shit beat out of you by Dad again.
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Originally Posted by Seaver
Self medication is available for those with cars because those people with cars have worked, struggled, and improved their lives to afford it.
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So it is, then, reserved for the privileged?