[MG1]

Hondaracer, I am sorry I went off the deep end a bit there.

I really can't blame you. When I was young, I used to hate people who looked able bodied, but begged on the streets. I was like wtf? Get a job, you lazy fuck!

Until one day, I came across one of "them" and started talking with him (not at him). His story was so sad. Not every crackhead or homeless moron is that. Down on their luck. Illness, fears, etc.

Nothing is black and white. I learned this the hard way.

All of us can do more, me included, but it's easier to laugh at people than to deal with the problem. I was compelled to help this fellow out some more, but I have my own family to look after. I have a comfortable life............ I don't know. I wish poverty would just go away. I watch TV and see these photos of kids suffering from war and famine and such and I can't stand it - to the point I turn to a different channel.

I just can't do it. My car, my hobbies, my habits........... I am ashamed of myself. I can be out there volunteering instead of watching hockey games. I can be sponsoring children overseas. I can be doing a lot of things. Sorry............