Begging
@allknowing (153544)
India
June 6, 2021 12:42am CST
I have never encouraged begging specially when youngsters do it I will ask them to do some work in the garden for example specially when I see them looking healthy and when that offer is made they vanish. There are many able bodied prefer to beg than work.
Having said that in the area where I live there are not many beggars
Do you give alms to beggars?
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
6 Jun 21
I discourage begging. I never offer anything to a beggar. If you mistakenly offer them any food item, they ask for money. When I stop my car at red light, beggars keep approaching the car (even the small kids). I keep my window panes locked and ignore them completely.
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@hora_fugit (5859)
• India
6 Jun 21
You give to one and not to other - that seems unfair and extremely confusing... 
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Jun 21
Unless they are disabled giving alms is wrong
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Jun 21
I have a trust that reaches out to the needy
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
6 Jun 21
@sallypup Everyone can use food money they can do other things,most do want to die what I learned. Sad but true and its not all mental but they feel so disgraced that they can never rebound. Sure there is mental cases but the ones that are not are just done because they saw societies true colors and I agree its pitiful and society is at fault not them because they were trying and you did that to them. Not you personally but hope you know what I mean.
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@sallypup (69156)
• Centralia, Washington
6 Jun 21
@crossbones27 Years ago I worked with the elderly in their homes. When the client was in the hospital I had no work and no income. I still had a family to feed. One time I ended up with zero food and zero income. I went to a food bank but I went there, telling the folks that I would volunteer before I took food. I helped bag and sort. I did not get food like I was used to but it kept my daughter going. My family was the "hippie" in the community so the odd stuff, the brown rice, the lentils, the dried fruit that nobody wanted went to us and that helped cause we got more nutrition that way. I know about being humble. I've almost been in the homeless folk's shoes. I don't know if I felt disgraced when I needed help. I just needed to find a way to keep going and I worked my way out.
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
6 Jun 21
I do not like it. I tried one time and felt so ashamed I will never do it again. I think I would rather die. Screw people who make people beg anyway. Not a world I want to live in. You all so proud that you do that to people and I get their is scammers but that is the most sickening thing ever.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Jun 21
Sad to hear you had to do it. Hope all is well with you now
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
6 Jun 21
@crossbones27 Every one wants to be independent but there is absolutely nothing wrong in asking for help All are there for each other
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@crossbones27 (52907)
• Mojave, California
6 Jun 21
@allknowing Not like streets but calling friends for jobs and what not makes me feel like a beggar. I just like be on my own on this. 
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
6 Jun 21
It depends on what I am seeing. Sometimes it is not safe to do so around here.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Jun 21
I dont give money to anyone. If they are hungry I will offer to feed them but I do the cooking or the buying. They always turn that offer down even.
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@erictsuma (9725)
• Mombasa, Kenya
6 Jun 21
That's depends because there are others who are homeless and others are Street children, these are people that I can help because they are really in need
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