I'm sick of being accosted by beggars. Especially if you have a coffee outside at a pavement table in Dublin you're guaranteed to be accosted by 3 different beggars. I overheard a conversation between 3 beggars at the Luas stop at Stephen's Green, talking about accommodation. One said that he'd been given 3 nights in a B&B but never went as he just didn't get around to it. I'm happy enough to give to charity (though that last b*gg*r was defrauding the taxpayer) but I refuse to hand out cash to beggars cos it just encourages them.
So...2 questions:
if you give to beggars, why do you do so?
If everyone stopped giving to beggars, would they vanish or would there be an increase in petty theft, pick-pocketing, and mugging?
So...2 questions:
if you give to beggars, why do you do so?
If everyone stopped giving to beggars, would they vanish or would there be an increase in petty theft, pick-pocketing, and mugging?
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