tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post4729437512414085718..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: The enlightened solutionGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-36027336056133903172013-08-14T19:50:26.074+12:002013-08-14T19:50:26.074+12:00I usually can't afford to give, unfortunately....I usually can't afford to give, unfortunately. Most of the time I don't carry cash, and if I do it's grocery money. But I would if I could, and this campaign makes me want to turn some of my savings into $2 coins and hand one or two out to anyone who asks.<br /><br />By 'savings' I mean money I didn't spend on bills this week, that I will eventually need for clothes/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-19862734345359266032013-07-22T17:15:26.746+12:002013-07-22T17:15:26.746+12:00There is one thing I know for sure....I will never...There is one thing I know for sure....I will never contribute to the campaign.<br /><br />Occassionally I give some change to a beggar -not the aggressive ones because they offend me, but the quiet ones who seem forgotten by humanity. The council program is doomed to failure because it hasn't considered the human element of giving, that is that you give not because you expect a result, not S Beastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-10065789054444273042013-07-17T02:49:18.165+12:002013-07-17T02:49:18.165+12:00Martin Luther King - A Time to Break the SilenceMartin Luther King - A Time to Break the SilenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-57133811374435434442013-07-17T02:48:20.596+12:002013-07-17T02:48:20.596+12:00"A true revolution of values will soon cause ..."A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-72322001063520273202013-07-15T17:05:41.259+12:002013-07-15T17:05:41.259+12:00Coins in the webbing of the fingers.
Coins under t...Coins in the webbing of the fingers.<br />Coins under the nails,<br />beneath the cuticles.<br /><br />Dried coins in the beard.<br />Coins that tremble a little<br />as the sun rises above the building.<br /><br />A steady coin to guide you home.<br />A coin up not a coin out.<br />The last few coins in the can.Megan Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584562106579704547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-74673522025750711802013-07-11T12:48:12.303+12:002013-07-11T12:48:12.303+12:00The poor business, Govt. business. I love how now ...The poor business, Govt. business. I love how now the Govt. uses social marketing (their term) to be seen to be doing something. War on the poor styles.<br />All they need is a snappy headline and a phone link...job done.<br />It's kinda like Govt. post modern art...oh wait.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-86973686353723372262013-07-09T22:29:19.693+12:002013-07-09T22:29:19.693+12:00@Chris "organisations working with the homele...<b>@Chris</b> "organisations working with the homeless have a history of tending towards paternalism or Christian judginess (I'm not sure which orgs they're funding but I'ma bet the Sallies are one, who at least aren't as bad here as in the US)."<br /><br />The organisations are Catacombs, the Downtown Community Ministry, the Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre, the Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-61435215063479500982013-07-09T18:52:53.845+12:002013-07-09T18:52:53.845+12:00We most of us have enough to give 'rationally&...We most of us have enough to give 'rationally' (choose your two or three charities and make automatic payments each month) AND give with human compassion to the fellow being who is asking for help right now, for whatever reason. ATMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843149504362670322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-1167808596215119492013-07-09T16:00:08.413+12:002013-07-09T16:00:08.413+12:00let's hear it for deciding who is worthy of ch...let's hear it for deciding who is worthy of charity and who is not. I recall in my first year an university studying social work, how shocking and strange and just wrong the 1800s view of the deserving poor was. but look what is cycling around, suehttp://www.supervery.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-83760268845909047582013-07-09T15:07:50.730+12:002013-07-09T15:07:50.730+12:00Agreeing with Robyn Gallagher & and the meat o...Agreeing with Robyn Gallagher & and the meat of your post Giovanni-<br />beggars arnt choosers for much of their lives: they can be choosers if people give money *just* to them.<br /><br />I dont care if they splurge my coupla dollars. I'd much prefer they did that than I gave my kotuku to a group of charities (whose real objectives I have no interest in whatsoever).<br /><br />Cleaning Keri Hulmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-25410141414067929962013-07-09T12:27:48.609+12:002013-07-09T12:27:48.609+12:00I love how blatantly they've ripped off the &q...I love how blatantly they've ripped off the "I need feminism because..." meme, too.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194998408842328605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-26942939269690117902013-07-09T11:36:28.632+12:002013-07-09T11:36:28.632+12:00If I choose to, I can spend my money on booze, cig...If I choose to, I can spend my money on booze, cigarettes, or even energy drinks. Why shouldn't a beggar be able to enjoy that same freedom?Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278675946018423652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-31259426593077682052013-07-09T09:53:13.674+12:002013-07-09T09:53:13.674+12:00The Oxford, England version of this was a campaign...The Oxford, England version of this was a campaign under the slogan 'Your kindness could kill'. The obvious and correct critique of it here: https://mobile.twitter.com/tinscience/status/238921068230881280<br /><br />The Council commissioned report into the campaign's effectiveness is here: http://academia.edu/2961622/Oxford_anti-begging_campaign_effectiveness_evaluation<br /><br />john mcmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058221611256555280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-90928712709154737932013-07-09T09:47:40.148+12:002013-07-09T09:47:40.148+12:00We were in Portland, Oregon last month and there w...We were in Portland, Oregon last month and there were huge, high-production signs everywhere featuring a person dressed as homeless carrying a sign saying 'DON'T GIVE ME MONEY, IT DOESN'T HELP'. I felt so angry and sad because it's a lie. Of course it helps, even if it helps for the hour that you're not detoxing, giving someone, anyone, money does help. The idea that it Daphne Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12647424992568651029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-81628164976767731442013-07-09T08:43:42.245+12:002013-07-09T08:43:42.245+12:00To be honest, I'm fine with the idea that if I...To be honest, I'm fine with the idea that if I give money to someone they might spend it on drugs or alcohol. Why? Because they're ADDICTIONS. Meaning you can't just stop using without serious negative repercussions. Alcohol withdrawal can kill you, and a year or two ago doctors were telling alcoholics to keep drinking because <i>there weren't enough beds in addiction centres to Chris Millerhttp://www.thelittlepakeha.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-44819020585935577872013-07-09T03:10:45.015+12:002013-07-09T03:10:45.015+12:00here in Denver the law in its majestic equality ba...here in Denver the <a href="http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20622151/denver-city-council-expected-pass-homeless-camping-ban" rel="nofollow">law</a> in its majestic equality bans both poor and rich people from unauthorized camping.. <br />the poor should be neither seen nor heard, just swept under the ashes I guess. That law also came in handy to clean out the Occupy Denver sites, Doug Khttp://dkretzmann.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-72176785337360388092013-07-09T00:33:55.632+12:002013-07-09T00:33:55.632+12:00When Charity is all about
Alternatives to Handing ...When Charity is all about<br />Alternatives to Handing Out,<br />Your Liberal Philanthropist<br />Can always make a Decent Fist;<br />That Person is a Simple Boor<br />Who hates Poverty, not the Poor.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-61632167135002864162013-07-09T00:27:55.040+12:002013-07-09T00:27:55.040+12:00The problem with beggars is not that they are poor...The problem with beggars is not that they are poor and in public. It is that they are aggressively so.<br /><br />That shouldn't be in contention; the active form of panhandling in Queen St is obvious and undeniable. They can't be ignored, and they push themselves in to the consciousness of people who would rather not deal with them. It's an active form of poverty. And when it George Dnoreply@blogger.com