Lol at people saying to give bums food and water, where are you living? Bums in the US can find food and water for free easily. Seriously you guys think being a bum in the US is so terrible?
Here's a reality check, there are 6 year old kids, boys and girls in Thailand having sex with grown men for money to survive on the streets. Abandoned by their parents or hell even sold by the parents themselves.
Millions of people starve to death in North Korea every year with wide power outages, the worst parts of Africa are infested with AIDs and some places you can't even drink the water. Meanwhile in Sudan people are getting raped, murdered and the northern Islamic government is committing genocide against Christians. The country of Somalia is run by pirates and warlords, no economy to speak of besides drugs and the black market. How do you think the homeless live in these countries? They don't live, they die.
Sitting on a sidewalk with a sign on your lap while people give you money and a bench to sleep on ain't so bad...
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