Beggars are Just Plain Lazy and they shouldn't be pitied

While a lot of the beggars on the streets may be lazy and don't deserve sympathy, I do believe that there are many who don't choose this way of life as they suffer from mental illnesses and cannot get a job to support themselves. I find these kind of situations upsetting. I feel very badly for the children that are brought into such situations..

That is a capitalistic view of the world. The poor are not the rich men you see on wall Street begging for accesss to more of the earth's materials to suppress the truth that none of us are any different than the other: Or are they.

Ok well they arent a disgrace to human race You are being too rude buddy They are humans after all Tell me if you didnt had a limb? You werent rich You didnt had a meal for a day what would you do? Beg no? They have to live as they have a life so pity those who are geniune yes i know there are those who are just cuz they are lazy they should be avoided for sure

Maybe they havent heard your inspiring comments!! A lot of the beggars (from here on noted as human beings) are mentally ill and thrown out of institutions, they have no idea how to survive.Have you walked a mile in anyones homeless shoes? I wouldnt speak this way unless you have.Maybe one day you won't deserve anyones "pity" nor charity from the way you act today.

yes they should work themselves and not beg for money or food. so they an support themselves.

Wow, you can really tell who is in the U.S. and who is not by the comments on this topic. For those of you abroad, it is a terrible offense to insult or behave callously toward a homeless person in the U.S. You are basically considered a monster for doing so here. I would hate to be homeless, and wouldn't wish it on anyone. Seeing people in this situation reminds me how much worse I could have it. But in this country, aside from mental illness (which is credited as the reason for way more homelessness than it should be), most of the time when someone is poor or homeless, it is due to choices made--bad ones. I say this as an extremely poor person, struggling to get by. I can blame no one else for this but myself for not making better decisions with my life before. It's not the government's fault, not the rich people's fault, not my parents' fault. I could be very successful right now if I'd done things differently years ago. There are even things I could do now in order to make things a little better. So most of the time when I see a person on the corner asking for handouts, I know that they most likely have more money in the world than I do. Usually, like right now, I have about $7 in the world till Friday. But no one else pays for my family to live; we don't get a dime of government assistance either. So this affects my feelings toward those who have messed up their lives really badly, and now try to live off strangers on a daily basis.

True, i have seen this in India, its easy money and many children can be seen begging all over the street, railways stations, i think the authorities should give them some work forcibly then they might stop unless the person is physically handicapped

I agree with u... by giving them alms we are provoking themto continue being beggers

But it is not the case always..In few cases it may be true.Thosw shudnt be pitied.

I see your point about some of the beggars; people who are mentally and physically able to work and are just too lazy to do so should work to earn a living and should be prosecuted for begging on the streets. It is wrong for them to teach this lifestyle to children, also. The governments should place these children into suitable foster care so that they at least have a chance for a decent life. On the other hand, it is a fact that a large majority of homelessness is due to serious mental illness. This is true in the U.S. and I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be a factor in other countries as well. If a person is truly too mentally ill to work and maintain a decent life, don't you think that they deserve our compassion and help rather than scorn? You always have to take into consideration that sometimes people truly have no other way. These people need help; they need governmental assistance with housing, mental health treatment, and food.

I agree with you Beggars are indeed plain lazy and they should n't be pitied. In fact when we give them alms we are promoting begging which is not right. If they are healthy and not handicapped then they should be encourages to work and not beg.

hey dude...let me tell u sumthin here...since u r using a computer and internet...i m assuming that u make decent money...or atleast ur parents do it...and so u spend it around here and there...but u wont wanna give a single buck to the beggar ?? i mean maybe they are lazy...but still it doesnt make a big difference to u right

i do have pity to the disabled ones. but to the family who sends their children and beg is not good. The parents are responsible of having the children. and because of that. they should do something to feed there family. one instance, one man being with a blind man asked me to give him a peso. but then i said no. the man's eyes getting bigger and said "para piso nga lang eh". hey!.. i was so thankful that i didnt gave my peso up to this rude man... and then one woman shouted to them and tell him to go and find worK! the blind man with him is obviously really needs rest. well all i can say.. if they are normal, and they still have the capacity to work, why not?..

i strongly agree, but from a recent study in chine revealed that an average begger earns 1600 dollars monthly which is greater than an average man's earning in china. They really do hard work its not that easy to stand on a road for the whole day beseaching in front of others. Its one odd job which some enjoy.

Some are need too. See, the fate can rip on u too. so show some mercy at least if it seems deservable.

beggars are disgrace to human race? do not say that no one wants to be a beggar..beggar have low self steem, i know that i have talked to a beggar,,actually the mother of my adopted son is a beggar... if you were in their shoes..what would you feel? if you cant help them just do not say somethign bad about them, you dont know them personally, did you get the courage to talk to them and know why they became beggars???

it is just we dont have the kind heart but its the best way we could help them and teach them to work hard not to beg. If they get used to beg and beg nothing would happen to their life. They will just be stocked up there and depend on it.

I think you are so wrong. A lot of beggars and homeless people, a lot of times, it isn't their faults. For example, there are a lot of homeless war veterans in this country. After they came back from fighting, the government just discarded them like a piece of trash. So, they were forced to become homeless. You are so insensitive.

Is there a town in India where there are no beggars? Is there a place of worship in India where you do not find people asking for alms? It used to be said in the past that, for various reasons, there were no beggars in the towns and villages of north-eastern India, especially in Nagaland, Manipur Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Sikkim. It used to be said that there were no beggars in Punjab. But such times and places seem to have disappeared. It appears to me that begging in public places has rather increased over the decades, although I may be wrong in my assessment of the situation. Begging provides relief for those who are unable to observe social canons. An opportunity is provided, for those who have no other means to survive, to go into an honored institution of begging - the sole aim is to give honor to humans, even when they are lost, for the society according to the prevalent norms; even when they have lost every social grace. Those who beg move from one institution into another, under voluntary or forced circumstances (society to abnegation of the society).

i totally agree with you...i totally get irritated when i walk on the streets and they keep on asking me for money to buy food and they're chewing burgers in front of me!!what the?!well one thing's for sure..i don't give them anything.if they have the time and strength to laze around the streets all day then they should use that to work as construction workers,wash clothes,anything that is noble work would do...not just beg beg beg beg beg....grrrrrrr