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[quote=Anonymous]Im going to give you a very honest answer that I am sure will get flamed - I dont alwasy give money, I know there are lots of scammers and drug addicts among those on corners seeking handouts but, on the occaisions I do give cash, its because I think two things:  "That could be me" and some bible quote I wont get exactly right, but was basically Jesus telling us that any beggar could be him.

I have never been poor, I have never been hungry, I have never worried overly much about money, at least not for basics.  I am white from an upper midle class background and I dont for a minute think its because I did anything to deserve my life, my luck, my good fortune.  Life isnt that simple and its isnt that linear, that I do know with absolute certainty.  I am very vgrateful to have the life I have and know it could, with the right twist of circumstance, a string of of poor decisions, or just the the vagarieties of fate, disappear in an instant.  So I try to be compassionate and open minded and kind in the hope that someone would give me the same.[/quote]

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