Why so

eternal · 29-03-2011 11:55PM #1

I have noticed on my short time here ,that there is a very sad attitude towards homeless people on this forum.
Its very small minded and a bit uppity to look down on people who have come on hard times.I know some people who became homeless due to their addictions and what not.These are real people.They dont deserve to be laughed at ,talked down to.
I dont see anything funny about laughing at someone who has to lie in the freezing cold streets begging for money to eat. No one knows what the future holds .When your comfort might come crashing round your ankles .I have always noticed its the people who get pleasure from laughing at others misfortunes ,will someday have misfortune themselves.

Professey Chin · 29-03-2011 11:56PM

Serious?

KeithM89_old · 29-03-2011 11:57PM

To be fair, theyll probably never get a chance to read it...

Revolution9 · 29-03-2011 11:57PM

This is After Hours. Our primary function is to laugh at those less fortunate.

gigawatt · 29-03-2011 11:59PM

while i agree with the OP AH isnt the place for this!

Ardennes1944 · 29-03-2011 11:59PM

Revolution9 wrote: »

This is After Hours. Our primary function is to laugh at those less fortunate.

And how!

hondasam · 29-03-2011 11:59PM

I'm laughing at you OP, are you homeless

Saila · 30-03-2011 12:00AM

eternal wrote:

I believe in karma

fyp

eternal · 30-03-2011 12:06AM

hondasam wrote: »

I'm laughing at you OP, are you homeless

Youre a really nice person arent you

hondasam · 30-03-2011 12:08AM

eternal wrote: »

Youre a really nice person arent you

I think so and that's all that matters to me

prinz · 30-03-2011 12:09AM

eternal wrote: »

I know some people who became homeless due to their addictions and what not.These are real people.They dont deserve to be laughed at ,talked down to..

It's not 'misfortune' to become homeless because of an addiction. That's consequence of your own actions.

Revolution9 · 30-03-2011 12:10AM

hondasam wrote: »

I think so and that's all that matters to me

That and not being homeless.

Revolution9 · 30-03-2011 12:13AM

Seriously though OP, you should know better than to express moral outrage at the After Hours community. No matter what the issue, you will not find much sympathy here.

Homelessness is an awful thing, and especially during these hard times I'm sure more people find themselves on the streets through no great fault of their own.

hondasam · 30-03-2011 12:14AM

Revolution9 wrote: »

That and not being homeless.

I will never be homeless

Ruu_Old · 30-03-2011 12:20AM

Some of them make more money than I do! Give the actual down and outs a bad name! :mad:

Saila · 30-03-2011 12:28AM

hondasam wrote: »

I will never be homeless

ah you'll just build another treehouse wont you

Eric Cartman · 30-03-2011 12:28AM

i dont mind irish homeless people who have truley fallen on hard times, but if your sitting next to an atm machine, asking for money for a 'hostel' or 'bus fare' or waiting outside a nightclub / pub smoking area or look like your on junk thn no - I have no time for you , if you ask for a bit of food or a cup of tea I have no bother, money not so much

hondasam · 30-03-2011 12:30AM

Saila wrote: »

ah you'll just build another treehouse wont you

I might not build it myself but I know someone who will

benjamin d · 30-03-2011 12:33AM

I wouldn't say I get pleasure from seeing homeless people, but i have absolutely no sympathy for the majority of them, certainly any Irish homeless people. Between work and college I do 70 hours+ a week, living off about €100 a week if I'm lucky. Every Irish person is entitled to dole money, rent allowance and whatever else, which works out at WAY more than that.

If you're too much of a fcuk-up to stay sober for the hour it takes to go to social welfare and sort yourself out with money, or if you manage to spend all your money on drink and/or drugs and not leave any for rent or a hostel for the night or food, yet still be able to buy said drink/drugs as well as cigarettes (every homeless person I see smokes - at €8.50 a pack!:eek:) well to be honest, maybe you fail at life badly enough that you deserve to be on the streets.

Ardennes1944 · 30-03-2011 12:41AM

hondasam wrote: »

I will never be homeless

Just sleep in your car yeah?:pac:

hondasam · 30-03-2011 12:43AM

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

Just sleep in your car yeah?:pac:

If that happens the OP can laugh at me :pac:

Ardennes1944 · 30-03-2011 12:44AM

hondasam wrote: »

If that happens the OP can laugh at me :pac:

If you can afford to be a constant subscriber to boards...you won't be homeless!

eternal · 30-03-2011 12:44AM

benjamin d wrote: »

I wouldn't say I get pleasure from seeing homeless people, but i have absolutely no sympathy for the majority of them, certainly any Irish homeless people. Between work and college I do 70 hours+ a week, living off about €100 a week if I'm lucky. Every Irish person is entitled to dole money, rent allowance and whatever else, which works out at WAY more than that.

If you're too much of a fcuk-up to stay sober for the hour it takes to go to social welfare and sort yourself out with money, or if you manage to spend all your money on drink and/or drugs and not leave any for rent or a hostel for the night or food, yet still be able to buy said drink/drugs as well as cigarettes (every homeless person I see smokes - at €8.50 a pack!:eek:) well to be honest, maybe you fail at life badly enough that you deserve to be on the streets.

You are right in everything you say .But would a landlord give a flat to these people .I dont think so.

hondasam · 30-03-2011 12:50AM

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

If you can afford to be a constant subscriber to boards...you won't be homeless!

True but It will hardly break the bank

s3129 · 30-03-2011 04:18AM

prinz wrote: »

It's not 'misfortune' to become homeless because of an addiction. That's consequence of your own actions.

While I agree that everyone makes decisions and has to live with the consequences, there is a point where the addiction turns into a disease if you will, and by the time a person is homeless there is nothing they can do to turn the addiction around. Its sad really.

God I'd hate to be homeless. Just listening to the rain outside there afew minutes ago (even though it was sunny today, nice one Ireland) I'm really grateful for my bed....

30-03-2011 05:33AM

How does anyone end up longterm homeless anyway? If you put me on the street, I guarantee I'd have saved enough money to find an address so I can claim dole in 3 months.

30-03-2011 09:33AM

prinz wrote: »

It's not 'misfortune' to become homeless because of an addiction. That's consequence of your own actions.

Yeah I wanted to say this as well

enda1 · 30-03-2011 09:46AM

For every 20 "homeless" people there is one genuinely homeless person I think.

Ireland's welfare state and countless charities make sure that there are opportunities for everyone who wants one.

Those who give money to beggars make me seriously depressed that they can fall for such an obvious scam. It seems they are trying to purchase peace of mind, such a selfish act ultimately.

RichieC · 30-03-2011 10:00AM

Heard about this homeless guy, used to pull up to the ha penny bridge in a Ferrari and sit there all day in a suit and top hat with fking monocle on scabbing money off folks as they walked by, then, jumped back into his Ferrari drove to the airport and flew his private jet back to Florida... every day this fking guy was at it.

It makes me sick.

sbsquarepants · 30-03-2011 10:13AM

eternal wrote: »

You are right in everything you say .But would a landlord give a flat to these people .I dont think so.

Of course they would. Lets face it, they'd probably still be better tenants than students:D

fakearms123 · 30-03-2011 10:17AM

Why give homeless people money when they're just going to spend it on drink... sure isn't that what I was going to do with it :pac:

Why so

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