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 When I was about 7 I remember leaving an amusement park with my family. There was a bum on the street and he asked my father if he could spare a dollar. My father snubbed his nose at him and walked on. I remember that so vividly, staring at that man, wondering where his children were, where were the people that loved him? Wondering what wrong turns he had taken to get where he was, wondering why my father didn;t help him when he could. My heart goes out to homeless people when I see them, whether they are begging or just sitting somewhere, I can't help but wonder why they are where they are. I am much more inclined to give something to the person who is just sitting idly by on a bench or beside a wall than the person that is openly begging at the gas station. When I can, I try to give then something to eat, something to drink, I'd much rather give them food or maybe cigarettes rather than money that would probably end up being burned in a pipe or used for booze. I also try to...
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