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[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The alcohol problem is what's destroying their life

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Having no food would destroy it a little faster, methinks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are plenty of charities that provide food though, so you can give to them or just buy the person food

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's the point. So they cannot sell the food for drug/alcohol money

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Unlike you, I feel no need to control homeless people. All I want to give them is the choice to do better. I'm not interested in forcing anyone into anything. Just making it easier to do what they want. I find that nearly everyone in the world wants to do good, to be good. They just don't get enough help.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I just don't want to contribute to their self destruction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

They're going to self-destruct as long as they live, unless they're given the help needed to defeat their addiction. We can't expect the problem to get better by denying them kindness. The biggest chance they'll shake the addiction is if they get their life back together using the money they beg.