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Originally Posted by dyna mo
and by lazy i mean there's a lot of hopelessness. people with no hope don't have much motivation and in turn end up becoming lazy/looking like they are lazy.
if these people can grab on to some hope, i believe many of them can then grab on to opportunities to change their sitch.
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This is why I say you have to determine what kind of situation the person is in, specially with homelessness. We have no state or federal mental heath system anymore so those whom have mental illness and don't have family to take care of them, end up on the streets.
Those people are pretty much "disposable" as far as the state & federal govt is concerned. There is no help for them, they will never get the meds they need or the treatments.
As for those whom fell on bad times, those are really the only ones you can help with much of any success. These are people forced into the situation be it their own fault like drug addiction or perhaps loss of job. These are the ones whom don't really want to be there. These are the only ones you can really hope to ever get off the streets and that's where the focus should be.
We should have programs specifically tailored to these people if they want the help. However much like mental illness treatment, these people are also treated like disposable people. It's really up to them to pull their selves out of the gutter. Some do and some don't and that's the way it is sadly.
As for the other group which I called lazy bums. Well I don't know if they are lazy but lets just say they don't want to live like normal people. Many people actually do choose to live on the streets. It's a fairly big sub culture in many cities. Many people are just not interested in conforming to society and there is a certain freedom to be experienced by being homeless.
In the olden days these people might of been called mountain men or hermits for example but there has always been a small amount of people whom don't want to live the social norm of their day. Many homeless do fit that bill and I have zero issue with that, but I do get irritated when I see these types standing on street corners begging for money.
I have no issue if someone chooses that life style but I do find it annoying when they expect others to pay their way.