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Poverty and extravagance. What a sad world.
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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 626136" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>Thanks for sharing those stories with me Svengandhi. No doubt those scams are the same the world over. Isn't it a shame we have to be so cynical and so dubious about helping people who appear to be in need.</p><p></p><p>In the UK we have 'The Big Issue', this is a magazine that can only be sold by homeless people on the streets. They buy the magazines for half the face value and then are allocated 'pitches' and sell the magazines for the full cost. They wear vests which say 'working not begging'. I'm still dubious about buying these magazines as probably at least a portion of the money is spent on heroin. Some of my friends buy regularly from the same big issue vendor, others avoid them and refuse to ever give anything. </p><p></p><p>Recently in the UK we have a large number of East European nationals busking and begging on the streets. This is due to the free movement of people in the EU. More countries seem to join this every year. I have read a lot of negative reports about the scams operated as big business by some Eastern Europeans settling here and I won't give any money to these. </p><p></p><p>It's all pretty sad and, whether genuine or not, these people still touch my heart because now I have direct experience of a loved one being homeless, so it's impossible for me to just walk past and ignore it all without it affecting me. If it is just a scam then it's still a pretty crap way to spend your life. It would destroy me to beg money from other people on the street. I would lose all self-respect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 626136, member: 17650"] Thanks for sharing those stories with me Svengandhi. No doubt those scams are the same the world over. Isn't it a shame we have to be so cynical and so dubious about helping people who appear to be in need. In the UK we have 'The Big Issue', this is a magazine that can only be sold by homeless people on the streets. They buy the magazines for half the face value and then are allocated 'pitches' and sell the magazines for the full cost. They wear vests which say 'working not begging'. I'm still dubious about buying these magazines as probably at least a portion of the money is spent on heroin. Some of my friends buy regularly from the same big issue vendor, others avoid them and refuse to ever give anything. Recently in the UK we have a large number of East European nationals busking and begging on the streets. This is due to the free movement of people in the EU. More countries seem to join this every year. I have read a lot of negative reports about the scams operated as big business by some Eastern Europeans settling here and I won't give any money to these. It's all pretty sad and, whether genuine or not, these people still touch my heart because now I have direct experience of a loved one being homeless, so it's impossible for me to just walk past and ignore it all without it affecting me. If it is just a scam then it's still a pretty crap way to spend your life. It would destroy me to beg money from other people on the street. I would lose all self-respect. [/QUOTE]
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