2007-10-26 21:29:18 · 23 answers · asked by Dhiraj..(DJ) 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
What a timely and good question!
I just home from visiting an old folks home. The elderly residents are mainly those abandoned by their families, those who were homeless and were sent there after being picked up by the police, and those who have no family to speak of.
I do feel sympathy and empathy for them, and I feel so strongly about these people because they are all about the same age as my father and to have them live with no one loving or caring for them must be terribly awful. They're lonely and thirsty for love.
2007-10-26 21:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by xxon_23 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh my gosh you know I do, I am a pen pal with my grandson and I was writing to him last night trying to give him the value of friendship and I was telling him that when I was first married we found an abandoned house and Robert found some carpet samples and nailed them to the floor so it would have carpet and he found a 10 gallon bucket of avocado green paint and painted the insides and found a bunch of furniture on peoples curbs and we had a home we lived there for 2 years. I loved that little house the mourning sounds of the trains as it went by felt like the song in my breaking heart. My husband had abandoned me and my children there, he only came by to pick up the 118.00 we go a moth from welfare and he would leave again. I have a friend that I have had for 37 years that would help me out. I did not even know how to drive back then the house was in the middle of no where. I help poor people all the time and I have worked in the homeless shelter and I go through the neighborhood asking for coats and drive them to Vegas to take to the shelters for the children and the homeless people there. I go through my pantry once a month and take food to the food bank.
2007-10-27 12:33:07 · answer #2 · answered by teresa m 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I most certainly do !
Often they are people like you and I that have met unfortunate circumstances beyond their control. These people were born decent human beings and sadly, end up on the streets ...
... then there are the murderers, thieves, rapists, and other bums that never worked an honest day in their miserable lives, nor have a single decent bone in their body. Most are never caught or convicted ... but those who do get put in prison and are clothed, fed, exercised, and taken care of when they are ill !!
I absolutely am so proud to be an American and love this country for what it represents -- but this is one issue I wish could be switched.
Here's just a crazy movie idea: Replace the "bad" guys with the honest decent homeless poor people and let these homeless enjoy the benefits of prison life - obviously with the exception of being locked behind the doors - and are instead free to come and go as they please. This will help them get back on their feet, along with free classes on life's basics: budgeting, job interviews, etc. These people will have access to the prison for one month only for 2 reasons: to urge them to get back on the right track soon and not ending up free-loading , and secondly to allow other people like themselves have the opportunity since space will always be limited. At the end of the month, each person will be given one complete outfit suitable for job interviews - and $100 cash. Re-entry will not be allowed.
For the switched "bad guys" - Take a huge plot of land and surround it with the highest barbed wire fence with enough electricity to kill an elephant (not seriously, but to coin a phrase). Plus, every 100 feet have an armed guard with instructions to shoot the kneecaps of anyone managing to escape over the fence. THIS is WHERE you can put the bad guys -- inside this complex will only be large cardboard cartons for shelter, a limited 30-day supply of water (after that depend on rain) and a rat per prisoner - all running loose to escape their being eaten by the prisoners since they might often be the only form of food. However, once a week garbage cans from local restaurants will be air-lifted down into the center of the complex, filled with leftover table scraps from the restaurants. Each prisoner upon entering this complex will be given only the clothes on their back: shirt, light jacket, pants, underwear, socks, shoes, and a blanket. No outside law enforcement will interfere with anything that transpires within those walls - their punishment is simply "survival of the fittest".
Now I'm not saying this should be done in real life, but it would make a heck of a movie !!!!
2007-10-27 05:13:25 · answer #3 · answered by Adios 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I believe more should be done to help those who need shelter, food, etc.
More shelters-especially for families (yes, there are homeless families with children) in each major city, and more food (soup kitchens) etc. should be made available.
Also, a physical and mental evaluation should be done, to see how the people can be helped to get jobs, etc.
It would help for the economy to be better balanced, so the rich don't get richer while the poor get more poor, and the middle class is fading away.
I do have sympathy, but more importantly, do you have empathy (walk a mile in their shoes) for them yourself?
Take care.
2007-10-27 04:35:57 · answer #4 · answered by SAK 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh are they the ones who disrupted me in school and didn't want to learn?
Are they the ones who had the great opportunity to learn a trade?
Are they the ones who would rather smoke crack than work?
Most of the homeless didn't need to be that way they chose to be homeless!
Hey I even seen a so called homeless woman ( clean,smells good and great hair) dropped off on a corner by her husband in a new car so she can beg for money with a big sign saying Help me I'm poor and homeless.(Near Pelham Parkway and White Plains road in the Bronx, bronx Zoo area)
And if you give them money it only buys them booze?
Only the ones who lost it all in a fire, major layoff, or diasters.
I worked hard, studied so NO I DONT
2007-10-27 09:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by Binky 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having sympathy for the needy, homeless and those in poverty is good... but not good enough...
We can further this love of ours by:
sponsoring a child... children more the merrier
Frequent Donations (within our means)
Volunteering
2007-10-27 04:35:43 · answer #6 · answered by glitzynicole 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A minimal amount of sympathy partly because they freeze half to death at night and they're half physco, but other than that I know if i was homeless I'd get on my feet and go beggin for a job to support myself not to depend on bypassers that work for themselves!
2007-10-27 04:33:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
some times
2007-10-27 04:32:15 · answer #8 · answered by boy_jam_arch 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
some of them.... because some of them were raised like that... they were raised on the streets with no family.. i really couldnt imagine.... they only know what they have seen... but some people turns their lives around... most probably do not...
but i dont feel sorry for some of them.. because they are able and capable of getting a job... instead they would rather mooch off of other people...
I FEEL SORRY.. for the people with a family going to Mcdonalds or Walmart to work their @ss off just to try to support their family... i am lucky to have a great family and a boyfriend that loves me and my son.. and i love him so much... and my parents has always been there for me...
2007-10-27 04:39:32 · answer #9 · answered by i♥holio 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
very much
whenever I see a homeless person it makes me soo sad and I wish there was something I could do to help them
I am not rich though so I never really have money to share :(
2007-10-27 04:33:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋