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ORIGINAL: FangsNfeet

Stop Being LAZY! Get your behinds on a parking lot and do a CAR WASH. You'll get MORE MONEY that way. Begging is for loosers and whimps. If you want uniforms you're going to have to earn them

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Being that I"m white, the group just took my letter as a racial offense.

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Yeah like a really give a damn what color the kids are. The bottom line is that if and when money needed to be raised for Uniforms, Youth Trip, Fundraiser, etc..., we always had to work to earn the money instead of sitting there trying to get hand outs. I've sold candy, mowed yards, and washed plenty of cars to earn my tickets, uniforms, and camp fees.

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I'm sure they were all broken up over your note. It must be absolutely devastating to be called "loosers" and "whimps" by an anonymous coward who can't spell. They'll likely require years of therapy.

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Being that I"m white, the group just took my letter as a racial offense.
They did? Did you stick around while they read it? I doubt it. You probably left that corner faster than John Force so you could get away before they read the note and so you could revel in your misplaced smugness and perceived superiority.

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ORIGINAL: Alexeiuk

You should NEVER, NEVER buy a Big Issue from a vendor on the street.

- doing so makes the area attractive to more beggars
- doing so provides the means to allow a beggar to scavenge in the area, which could have a terrible effect on property prices in the area
- doing so puts money in the hands of people who can not use it as effectively as a homeless charity distributing aid to shelters.

I am sick and tired of seeing beggars in residential areas like Cambridge. What do you think about big issue sale's in your area?


Alexei Oxbridge :D

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How do you know they weren't also doing those things? The baseball/football/soccer teams did *all* of those things when I was a kid.

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So, get your facts straight before you try to belittle an organisation that aims to help with the homelessness situation. Maybe you can't be bothered to fork out a small amount each week - but I would love to know what you do for the situation and others like it?

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You should NEVER, NEVER buy a Big Issue from a vendor on the street.
- doing so makes the area attractive to more beggars
- doing so provides the means to allow a beggar to scavenge in the area, which could have a terrible effect on property prices in the area
- doing so puts money in the hands of people who can not use it as effectively as a homeless charity distributing aid to shelters.

I am sick and tired of seeing beggars in residential areas like Cambridge. What do you think about big issue sale's in your area?
Alexei Oxbridge :D

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I'm sure they were all broken up over your note. It must be absolutely devastating to be called "loosers" and "whimps" by an anonymous coward who can't spell. They'll likely require years of therapy.

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ORIGINAL: dark~angel

For those of you who do not know, the big issue was started by homeless people to aid homeless people. It is written, produced and sold by homeless or ex-homless people and is a chariety organisation. The money raised from its sales(which is £1.40 a week per issue) and advertising within the magazine goes into training for people who have no employment prospects, raises money for childcare groups , money for transport until people get on their feet and sheltered accomodation. It also raises money for programmes dealing with the mentally ill.

It is NOT sold by beggers. It is sold by bonifide people who are trying to get a foothold in a difficult world. All vendors carry ID - they have official ID cards provided to them by the people at the Big Issue. There will always be theft and people steling magazines but if your not sure, just ask to see the ID. Most sellers have the ID around their necks if you bothered to look.

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ORIGINAL: Alexeiuk
if you cant laugh at other people who can you laugh at?

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ORIGINAL: sub4hire

Take it easy on the child, all of us here know he is still growing up.

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ORIGINAL: Alexeiuk

I’m very happy to see that some people here have seen the funny side of my question - yes it was meant to be very selfish but it was also meant to be funny, lets face it if you cant laugh at other people who can you laugh at?

Well, you are neither stephen fry or bremener,bird or fortune - so maybe it might be a suggestion to sack the person who gave you such materiel?

Whilst it is true that comedy makes the best from suffering, there is impressive humour and plain bad taste. Making humour from bad situations is an art. And you are no artist. (Now THATS impressive humour)

Did I flame? oh my...

Peace and Love