Don't feel too bad... I say if you do something for good, then good went out into the world and it will come back to you. You didn't do something to hurt him, yes, he lied to you. But you opened your heart and wallet in good faith. Only good can come from that right?
Don't blame yourself. SLC's street tax is getting similarly ludicrous...more and more stories every day about how "Oh, I'm not homeless, I just ran out of gas" et cetera.
My sympathy always wears out about then. Why is someone's NOT being homeless supposed to provoke me to give them money?
I could go on about this. I know begging is as old as society itself, and I'm not going to start that debate. I have my own ideas about what really helps people, and about self-preservation, and I face it every day, so that's just kind of where I'm at now.
In any case, you conducted an experiment of your own about the goodness of people's hearts. And you definitely got a good story, as you say.
Yeah, everyone has bad luck and why does it fall on a stranger to pull them out? If I truly want to contribute to the well-being of society does it behoove me to support the panhandling on the streets? I think not, but there is that immediate moral fiber that gets tugged when someone portrayed neediness asks for help.
I'm reading about Plato and his description of the human condition, and it is hard to make all of your decisions based on reasoning instead of emotions and primal desires. Such is life.
Yay for karma! Is it selfish to do good things with the thought that good things will come back to you? I supposed the result would be the same either way, but which mode has a deeper satisfaction? Is deep satisfaction a truly benevolent objective? Ah, philosophy.
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My sympathy always wears out about then. Why is someone's NOT being homeless supposed to provoke me to give them money?
I could go on about this. I know begging is as old as society itself, and I'm not going to start that debate. I have my own ideas about what really helps people, and about self-preservation, and I face it every day, so that's just kind of where I'm at now.
In any case, you conducted an experiment of your own about the goodness of people's hearts. And you definitely got a good story, as you say.
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I'm reading about Plato and his description of the human condition, and it is hard to make all of your decisions based on reasoning instead of emotions and primal desires. Such is life.
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