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	Poll for May 04, 2008

"Do you give your spare change to a homeless person if he asks?"

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Votes

1,283 (52.4 %)

yes

1,164 (47.6 %)

total votes : 2,447 | 60 reaction(s)

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0 @ 04-05-2008 00:00 widadita
678 posts	yeah! sometimes!
+3 @ 04-05-2008 00:02 switchfoot12
399 posts	well usually just not quarters anymore because well being a college student quarters are like gold b/c its laundry money
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:04 Kristha
279 posts	yes
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:05 Olivia_Ka
2,684 posts	#15 No I don't.
+2 @ 04-05-2008 00:07 LynnLynn15
1,046 posts	hmm, i kind of feel bad if i dont. but i was thinking the other day actually about how everyone has to earn their own money to make a living, if it wasnt for people looking for a job in the first place, everyone would be homeless. so even though i feel slightly bad, i still think that they should try and make their own money, instead of begging for other peoples.
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:08 tinawha
168 posts	sadly, almost never..
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:11 JDolla
6,009 posts	whenever i have it
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:11 TheAnnoyance
43,509 posts	Rarely.
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:16 ieshie_
318 posts	sometimes, when i was still in the philippines, but most of the time it's food that i give homeless people here in the US don't ask for money..i think? i never met one [homeless asking for money]
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:25 invisiblegenius
134 posts	* offtopic : I live in the US and you can't walk two blocks in the city without someone asking you for money.
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:32 ieshie_
318 posts	* offtopic : i live here in ny too. nobody's asking for money.
+5 @ 04-05-2008 00:42 PunkRckr8
8,884 posts	nope, 99% of the homeless/street people here tell the same lie to try and get money and never put it to good use; I offer to buy food for them but that of course never gets taken because all they want is booze
0 @ 04-05-2008 00:55 sitback_relax25
180 posts	Yeah. When I have change.
+6 @ 04-05-2008 01:08 Ryles
385 posts	No, I never do. I'd offer food to them, but I feel that giving money to them isn't wise, they'll end up spending it on something like drugs or alcohol perhaps. It does make me feel really guilty, I realise some people are homeless and on the street by intention and their own mistakes, but there are some that really don't deserve to be.
0 @ 04-05-2008 01:14 marle23
179 posts	sometimes, if they look sick or something like they really need it, cause some just look lazy
0 @ 04-05-2008 01:30 The_Demon_
231 posts	no, sometimes they arent really homeless
+1 @ 04-05-2008 01:40 FranticFeathers
225 posts	No I don't. It's too bad cause some people are actually homeless, but so many of them just want money for drugs/alcohol that they ruin it for the rest of them. Anyway, I've never given money to a homeless person, but I've been with friends who have. I'm never the first one to pull out some change, I have to admit.
0 @ 04-05-2008 01:44 R_K_O
360 posts	of course! my pocket gets lighter and I get to help someone at the same time
0 @ 04-05-2008 01:51 llcm
1,024 posts	well i might feel sorry for them and give them some but i never been ask, well there arent even any homeless people were i live anyway
+4 @ 04-05-2008 02:36 PinkFloyd
25,473 posts	I like how it says 'he', as if there aren't homeless females. Whatever. At times I will, only because I just look at them and want to cry. But never more than a few dollars.
0 @ 04-05-2008 03:19 mebee4
316 posts	I've never actually been asked for money by a homeless person. Though I suppose if I had a few dollars to spare I'd share 'em - that's what I do with the charity buckets I see around.
+2 @ 04-05-2008 03:51 StAcEy2
4 posts	if he asks? so homeless ppl are only men? yes i do giv them change
+2 @ 04-05-2008 03:58 BlindxAiko
192 posts	I do, on occasion, but usually I just ignore them even though I feel bad. There's a few reasons for that: 1. If you give to one, they all follow and beg 2. All money is precious! (selfish, but still) 3. I don't feel comfortable stopping and talking to strangers, even for a second. Especially if I need to open my purse. It's just not safe, not even when there's people around.
+6 @ 04-05-2008 04:03 indiechick_
6,523 posts	i once saw this homeless guy begging for money saying that he needed it to buy booze. now there's a fella worth giving money, at least he's being honest.
0 @ 04-05-2008 04:53 sHhSqUaCk
7 posts	no i never give money to homeless people they scare me [offtopic] omg the featured artist i totally have all their songs im just awesome like that i love from first to last haha