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Offline Frontier Guy

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Re: Do you.....?
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2013, 07:24:03 PM »
Mike, I am very much like you in this regard. I've known multiple occasions where someone was panhandling for money (with the cardboard sign which said "Hungry. God Bless.") but when offered a sandwich from Subway they either refused or threw it in the trash.

But occasionally there is a special connection when you know the need is real. That's when I help out.

I've thought about what I would do if I were homeless ... it's a dismal thought of how to get back onto one's feet.
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Re: Do you.....?
« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2013, 08:55:12 PM »
I guess we all have to use our better judgment when faced with this kind of dilemma....Not common where I live now, but when I make trips to the city,  I see a lot of people under the interstate underpasses and I want to help so badly....especially when I see a disabled veteran on crutches/in a wheelchair, etc. Is it legit? Who knows....but I have to make a decision whether I want to give and risk my gift being for naught, or to not give and let it hang on my conscience....
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