You Can’t Panhandle the Truth
Begging Banned -
June 11th, 2009
One of the hardest things about enjoying a cheeseburger in your car is trying to get the homeless guy at the traffic light to quit knocking on your window. Somehow, a Double Quarter Pounder with cheese loses its ambrosial zing when a drifter is staring at you. Then, just as you’re about to feel like a ripe prick for not tossing the guy a few bucks, he whips out his iPod and selects a new playlist to beg to. It’s enough to drive citizens crazy, and city officials across the country are finally cracking down, passing strict laws against panhandling, vagrancy, and being a public nuisance.
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5,000
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The number of "mole people" living underground in the NYC subway, according to The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City, by Jennifer Toth. "Hey, folks: I’d like to live among you, study you, interview you, tell your story to the world, and, after profiteering on your squalor, top it off by calling you ‘mole people.’ Who’s in?" |
Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them.
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Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and professional hoarder of pocket change.
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buskers
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noun. 1. People who entertain in a public place for donations and tips, doing anything from strumming a guitar to hiding behind a bush and scaring people.
Disheartened by the sheer number of vagrants and bums he saw wandering Daytona Beach and its surrounding areas, Florida property developer Michael Arth hatched a plan in 2007. He would build Tiger Bay Village, a $50M resort on 125 acres of county-owned land for the homeless. The village would feature bungalows, lagoons, communal areas, and mental-health programs. Critics and homeless advocates decried the proposal, likening it to a leper colony. Yeah, a leper colony with bungalows.
Hollywood Hearts the Homeless
| Robin Williams – The Fisher King (1991) | Lovable bum searching for the Holy Grail |
| Joe Pesci – With Honors (1994) | Homeless man teaches Harvard student lessons in life |
| Nick Nolte – Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1996) | Suicidal bum saves rich couple from themselves |
| Jamie Foxx – The Soloist (2009) | True story of a homeless, Juilliard-trained musician |
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning" … dude, drop the change cup now! |
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