A question has popped up in my mind.

Let's say you're walking down the street, and all of a sudden, you face a homeless asking you for, say, a buck. ($1) You refuse to give the amount of money to him. Now, on second thoughts, in all likelihood, this disables him to eat, as he is a homeless. One buck is not much for most of us. We are not that poor. So, if you refuse to give him what he asked for, do you believe you should have qualms, in the light of the circumstances. (He's: poor, a homeless, etc.) So personally if I did refuse to give it to him, I would have qualms.. say, if I had money on me. So really, in all seriousness, would you have qualms if you refused to make his "dream" come true? Hungering for things is so sad. No really, it is. Most of us have experienced how it feels like to have difficulties.

Or here's another question that kind of has something to do with the one I've just asked:
If you did have money on you (much or enough to give him one dollar),
would you give it to him, or for instance because you want to buy a laptop and let's say it costs $300 or something (now don't laugh, I may be wrong as I've been abroad for quite a while), would you spare a buck to yourself as to be able to buy it (in other words, to realize your dream) or would you forgo it (I mean, your dream) in order to give him money. I'm just curious.

My stance on the subject is this: I definitely would. That is, I would give him what he asks for because he's a homeless. Now this sentence applies here and self-evidently it's true: One word is nothing to you, but something for the others. One word or sentence may make somebody's day, or on the contrary. For me a buck is nothing. I mean, I'm not poor. Even if I were, I would give it to him and by doing so realize his dream because it's a great feeling to help other people. I'm not entire sure if you agree with me, but there again, I'm quite sure that most go along with me saying that it's great to help the others. Really, I'M not putting on airs, I'm dead earnest. The smile they give you as a "present" in return is just great. It's all up to you, but well, let's see if you are in tune with me. Please don't try to go off on a tangent.

I've done this a few times.
I wasn't exactly raised by the best family (and I have scars on my body to prove it), but it allowed me to get a sense of morality that's a lot more generous and caring than many people my age. And as a direct result of that, I don't have much, but I share what little I do have, with those less fortunate and will buy expensive gifts for the people I love (not many people).

Many a time in my life, I've given to homeless people and it's stopped me from buying things I wanted. But really, the satisfaction you get from helping someone out who is in more need than you, that's what makes it better and something I will certainly repeat throughout my entire life.

and may i add one simple thing rukia. Why is he homeless and you are not? Maybe becaused you and your whole fmaily have studied and he didnt. There is this other point of view which i asked my mom to explain to me. Now you see here,that they will use the money on alchohol and ciggars. If you give them the 1 buck they will probably buy drinks and then food. Alsooooo... there is this point in where you cant give them the money. Each day i go to school with 2 pounds and 10 cents. And my daily meal costs me 1 pound and 80. Leaving me with 30 cents. So how am i supposed to help him? Now on the conclusion of this story:

edit:Hm TempestTheory, i see your point. But tell me how will ONE SIMPLE DOLLAR BILL help him surive? Oh and i will just point that if you see a 90 year old grandma asking for money its best to ignore her. Not that im being greedy but she will probably die not after much.

No i will not give the money to him. If he wants money he should start by a road cleaner or something. Yes i can help him but id rather not. This is just like begging admins for making you a mod.
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Hm TempestTheory, i see your point. But tell me how will ONE SIMPLE DOLLAR BILL help him surive? Oh and i will just point that if you see a 90 year old grandma asking for money its best to ignore her. Not that im being greedy but she will probably die not after much.

You'd be surprised, even though a [insert single unit of native currency here] doesn't go far these days, it can if you know the right places for it to go. I can feed myself for two meals for just under a pound, all you have to do is buy cheap and be resourceful.

Plus the fact that he'd probably be getting more from other people, not just you and possibly help from free institutions such as street charities and soup kitchens.

I rarely help homeless people, though I contribute to charities.

Frankly I don't really care about the people affected by either in general, but when it comes to somebody who never had a chance (disease or genetic disorders and family-home life issues) I feel it's the right thing, whether I care about the people or not.

But I know all the homeless people in my local, and none of them are there due to an unfair twist of fate, they all got themselves there due to their own personal problems, the kind that I've spent my life working through, so I know that they don't particularly deserve my help.

So to answer your question: Not for a homeless person, no, but for a person affected in another way, probably

Well in my case instead of giving them money I usually just buy food somewhere nearby and give it to them. It's unfortunate but in our country most beggars just use the money to buy drugs or something stupid instead of buying food or are part of a huge criminal syndicate that uses beggars and street children to gain money. The worse part is that majority of the beggars are just children and it breaks my heart seeing them like that but at the same time I know that if I gave them money it is more likely that they won't get to eat. In short, if it was a kid who asked for money I just buy food and give it to him/her otherwise I ignore them or tell them I don't have any one me.

This made me remember the one time where a 9 year old boy asked me to buy corn from him so that he could eat. Since I wasn't that hungry I told him that I would just buy his corn and give it to him so that he could eat it. He told me no thanks because he wanted to make a living and not ask for charity. That amazed me and I will never forget that boy. It reminded me of how I was when I was a kid.

I've done this a few times.
I wasn't exactly raised by the best family (and I have scars on my body to prove it), but it allowed me to get a sense of morality that's a lot more generous and caring than many people my age. And as a direct result of that, I don't have much, but I share what little I do have, with those less fortunate and will buy expensive gifts for the people I love (not many people).

Many a time in my life, I've given to homeless people and it's stopped me from buying things I wanted. But really, the satisfaction you get from helping someone out who is in more need than you, that's what makes it better and something I will certainly repeat throughout my entire life.

i totally agree with u.

I'd definitely give the money if I had it on my person. However, if it the homeless person that I saw was right outside a shop, then I'd probably go in and buy some food and drink for them, spending a little more money.

There are too many variables for me to give money to some random guy on the street. First of all, I don't if he deserves it. Second, I don't know what he will do with the money. He might spend it on food, or he might spend it on drugs. If I was going to give away my money, I would make sure I knew it was being put to good use.

A homeless guy asked me for a tip the other day...

I said sure here's your tip...

"GET A JOB!"

And I told him to gtfo...