Some homeless do not deserve help
Theodore Speedy
Issue date: 5/9/08 Section: Ed-Op
By helping those who can't help themselves, and by forcing those who can help themselves to start, the homeless problem would be alleviated and we would improve the city as well. SEPTA would no longer be used as an overnight hostel, and its smell would become more tolerable. The city would look cleaner, and I am sure we would all be able to sleep a little less guilt-free on a cold night if we knew we had helped fund warm beds for those who could not provide them for themselves.
I do not know how you combat laziness, but it certainly shouldn't be rewarded. Giving money to those who choose not to work solely because they "don't want to" only encourages the behavior. Do community service. Give money to an organization that funds homeless shelters, but please stop giving your change. With tuition so expensive, every cent counts. Save, or you may become one of them.
Theodore Speedy is a sophomore majoring in civil engineering. He can be reached at ed-op@thetriangle.org.
I do not know how you combat laziness, but it certainly shouldn't be rewarded. Giving money to those who choose not to work solely because they "don't want to" only encourages the behavior. Do community service. Give money to an organization that funds homeless shelters, but please stop giving your change. With tuition so expensive, every cent counts. Save, or you may become one of them.
Theodore Speedy is a sophomore majoring in civil engineering. He can be reached at ed-op@thetriangle.org.
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Shenglan Zhang
posted 5/10/08 @ 8:57 AM EST
The only problem is that one are not able to figure out which beggar is the dilligent one.
John
posted 5/10/08 @ 11:17 AM EST
It's cute how you've been trained to think that "to work" is "to have meaning", "to be meaningful". You work to fund the rich, kid. Debate that. Your anti-lazy "work ethic" has been engrained into by the rich of society for whom you generate money by working like an obedient tool. (Continued…)
David Pirtle
posted 5/10/08 @ 5:01 PM EST
Your ignorance of the truth about the homeless problem in this country is matched only by your insulting attitude. First and formost, most of the 4000 who experience homelessness in the city of Philidelphia you will never see. (Continued…)
Conor
posted 5/12/08 @ 4:50 PM EST
So, you just read an Ayn Rand book or something? Jerk.
Mike Visnov
posted 5/13/08 @ 10:56 AM EST
You're not giving to a single homeless person, you're giving to humanity. - Socrates
Ryan Hunsicker
posted 5/16/08 @ 7:31 PM EST
Friends, before you decide to scream that you will piss in this mans face, or that he is a naive fool without an understanding, perhaps it would do you good to simply calm yourselves and read what he said. (Continued…)
jordan.
posted 11/19/09 @ 11:41 PM EST
i'm writing a paper at this very moment. and your article has helped me explain the ignorance in this country. Homeless people are human beings who have been created by God, along with everyone else. (Continued…)
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