04-16-2011, 09:45 AM
We have a few different types of homeless people here. The mentally ill who would rather live on the streets than in a group home having medication forced down their throats, the ones who just dropped out of society for whatever reason and choose to live that way, and the alcoholics and drug addicts that work odd jobs or at the labor hall, or panhandle and flop where they can. I never turn them down if they ask for money, it's not like they're living in the lap of luxury and I really don't give a damn if they spend my change on a hot dog or a beer.
Other than the mentally ill, I very rarely see a disabled homeless person around here though. The worst one I ever saw was in Budapest. He was sitting in the dirt in front of an abandoned convenience store with no shirt on, no leg, and his skin was covered in some kind of rash. I don't know how the fuck he got there or how long he'd been there, but it looked to me like he was hoping someone would come along and shoot him in the head to put him out of his misery.
Other than the mentally ill, I very rarely see a disabled homeless person around here though. The worst one I ever saw was in Budapest. He was sitting in the dirt in front of an abandoned convenience store with no shirt on, no leg, and his skin was covered in some kind of rash. I don't know how the fuck he got there or how long he'd been there, but it looked to me like he was hoping someone would come along and shoot him in the head to put him out of his misery.