Ignoring Homeless people, a time honored tradition

^Sports section is the cushiest^

Homeless people, we ignore them, we look the other way, we fumble nervously looking for change, we mock them satirically in animated cartoons, it's the way of life in urban areas.

But let me ask this,

Who the Fuck do you think you are?

...Seriously(the ellipsis adds emphasis)

Have we as a society of rich suburbanites, hipsters, poor minorities, and foreigners completely become assholes?

Now this is not gonna turn into a self-righteous commentary on how good I am as a person(honestly, I'm kind of a dick) or some sort of plead to your emotions, but I think we might possibly maybe kinda need to reevaluate human life.

Let me take you on a journey,

Imagine you are a teenager living outside of America, let's say Eastern Europe.

War breaks out in your country.

^Insert obscene Holocaust joke here^

Your parents are brutally murdered in front of you.

You are sent to a prison camp for orphans.

You kill a guard who attempts to sexually assault someone.

You escape and come to America.

You learn English, you get a job, you struggle day to day to support yourself, you travel long distances to your work.

CAN I GET SOME CHANGE?

A homeless man asks for some change on the street, what do you do?

This is a true story based on a true person who died in 1989.

She gave change or food to every homeless person she ever saw in her life.

How can you not at least look the homeless person in the face and tell them, I don't have any change.

I'm not trying to get you to give change out to every bum on the street, but at least treat the less fortunate with some common fucking decency.

At least lie to them.

Of course, homeless people are there for a reason, they drank too much, they committed crimes, they did some drugs, they had some bad luck in life.

But are any of you any different(this might have happened to you in one week!)

We live in a time where there are atheists, religious fanatics, liberals, conservatives, playas, haters, etc, etc.

^The Tom and Jerry of belief systems^

But there is no reason to not give some change to a homeless person or at the very least politely lie to them or at least not fucking mock them, jesus man.

"Well, I gotta look out for myself first!" GOOD, treat him with kindness and he will be less likely to stab you when you pass him.

"I don't carry any cash on me" FINE, tell him that, be honest, he'll understand, we live in a time of ATMS and plastic money lenders.

"He'll spend it on booze or drugs" RIGHT, because last time I checked the 28 cents you would give him can buy crack rocks(Kansas has the best crack heads) and an 8th of gin(Hendrick's makes the best gin)

^I think he's done^

"Oh my, what a dreadful sight, a beggar!" WHAT are you a fucking lord or lady?, why are you on this site, I am way too much of a commoner for you to be even reading this.

^David Beckham and Posh Spice^

"What if he uses it to buy something to commit a crime with?" FINALLY, an actual concern, but I live in the US of A and in the city of Chicago, so I'm not concerned because some cops, fireman, military, minutemen, equestrian police will and should be there to stop this from happening(what, do you not back the protection services of this fine country, you a commie? a redcoat?)

Speaking of commies, back during the Cold War, the dirty Lenin-lovin ruskies were poor, cold and waiting in bread lines and guess what happen?
^College Professor^

The United States would try to sneak in supplies to the hungry people.

Now I know it was more of political and military strategy, but still...

If the 12 consecutive years of a conservative president in the money hungry 80s can give some food out to their hated enemies, can't you spare some fuckin change or at least pretend you would if you had it.

^wow, she survived Cloverfield after all^

...and a brilliant man known as Karl Pilkington once asked "Have you ever seen a homeless asian person? and you know what, I haven't.

Better blogs to come.