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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 05:59 AM Original message |
Poll question: Do You Ever Give Money To 'Homeless & Hungry' Beggars |
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Don_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. I Like To Talk To Them A Little First |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Two vegetarians leaving a restaurant in London's Mayfair: |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. I've SEEN that happen |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. Some In DC Are Very Aggressive... |
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WoodrowFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I agree: Scary |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. The ones I have encountered in St Louis tend to |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. My Partner Has Offered To Buy FOOD For A Fellow... |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. LOL... I've got one moving in! |
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OldEurope (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Perhaps I´m wrong, but shouldn´t he better get back on ... |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Nah... |
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Kamika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. fake homeless?? |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I Recall A Story On 20/20 (or 60 Minutes) About A Guy Who... |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. Yeah, and did you hear the one about the welfare mothers |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Seriously... this fellow (the faker) allowed the camera crew to follow him |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I believe it |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 10:02 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Meanwhile, In Mexico City... The Catholic Church Re-Guilds Another Chair.. |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 10:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I'll be on your side in that thread, |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. I would find almost anything on 20/20 to be suspect. |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. I'm sure a lot of them are fake, I give anyway |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 06:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Or The Ones Talking On Cell Phones... |
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CWebster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. the way I figure it is |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Oh... In That Case... I'm BEGGING You... |
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searchingforlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Ditto |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The Cheaters and Fakers and Winos and Aggressives... |
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KCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. that's how I feel. |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. So, alcholism is a disease according to the AMA |
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xJlM (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Alcoholism is a disease, but addiction is a crime |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. I usually give food |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. I like the Victor Hugo aproach |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, I have |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
21. Last weekend... |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 07:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. how horribly sad |
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Brucey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. Of course there are all kinds. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 01:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
60. Thank You Republicans... |
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maxanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
24. I give |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. Panhandlers vs Beggars |
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Romulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. I stopped giving |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
28. I don't give every one of them money every time, but sometimes I do |
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qb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. I don't ignore them. It is very demeaning to be ignored. |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. I've said that too |
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Mandate My Ass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. Most of the time I give |
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Punkingal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
31. Sometimes I give to people..... |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. A lot I see are begging for another quart of beer |
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dani (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
35. my boyfriend gave a begger $40 |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 09:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. So I Was At Home Depot... |
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TioDiego (409 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 10:05 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. If they say they are hungry, |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. I became very familiar with the panhandlers in Portland |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:47 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Addiction is a disease |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:09 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Not to get religious or anything, but... |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
43. I give when I can... |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:47 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. thanks, an actual progressive voice |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. I saw a guy with the same sign in SF |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
44. It really depends |
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xJlM (955 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
48. There are better ways to get money than begging |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
52. Yes I give money to people who ask who are not conning me with a |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
53. Almost never |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:50 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. As Nancy Blake Said In MGM's "The Women"... |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. My name's Forrest...I walk the streets of the city.... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. I buy them a bag of groceries. |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
59. i hit the wrong button |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
61. I give food, or my business card... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
62. I give when |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
63. Not enough options here |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
64. I do,BUT... |
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patdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-17-03 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
65. If I still had every $5 dollar bill I have given out I would have $50 |
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