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Originally Posted by Dottore View Post
My Good Samaritan Story
That's not your good Samaritan story, that's you discovering one more reason it's never a good idea to give anything to panhandlers.

Next time you get the urge, you might "do the right thing."

BTW, it's not a lack of compassion, it's just that there are way too many ways for it to go bad. First of all, if you weren't in that pizza joint, and decided to give a panhandler (or those kids) a dollar out on the street, you're all of a sudden standing less than three feet from him/them with your wallet open.

Think about it.

Help "the poor" another way.
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