Sadly this is not about that song by Slash and his crew.
It is a thread about beggars, and what impression they make to the posters here.
My family used to be quite rich in the past, and i had in my childhood years a number of fears of very poor people (mostly thinking they would aspire to retaliate for their state, and so on).
Later on my view changed to sympathy. In the end- now- i see beggars as a sad effect of a cruel society.
By the above i do not mean, obviously, that i idealise them. I am sure many (most?) of the beggars are by now hardened to the point of being hateful themselves anyway. Lack of any basic living level will do that, moreso if it starts in childhood.
I am sad that so many people are begging, in most countries. I give them coins, when i can, at least once for each seperate person. This morning i was out for a walk and upon returning to my own place i heard a woman begging someone else who just walked in front of me. Her voice made me feel very bad. I disappeared for a moment behind a wall, and decided to return and give her three coins (merely 20 euro cent, which obviously is next to no help). I also wished her to continue in a better state, and smiled momentarily, then waved and left.
I kept thinking how horrible this world has become. Prior to listening to the wounded voice of that woman, i was involved in imagining a very different female form, one of beauty, of someone i know a bit. After her voice i stopped feeling like focusing on this again during that walk. I will, in the future, return to pleasant thoughts, but it is still quite unfair that there exists such misery.
It is a thread about beggars, and what impression they make to the posters here.
My family used to be quite rich in the past, and i had in my childhood years a number of fears of very poor people (mostly thinking they would aspire to retaliate for their state, and so on).
Later on my view changed to sympathy. In the end- now- i see beggars as a sad effect of a cruel society.
By the above i do not mean, obviously, that i idealise them. I am sure many (most?) of the beggars are by now hardened to the point of being hateful themselves anyway. Lack of any basic living level will do that, moreso if it starts in childhood.
I am sad that so many people are begging, in most countries. I give them coins, when i can, at least once for each seperate person. This morning i was out for a walk and upon returning to my own place i heard a woman begging someone else who just walked in front of me. Her voice made me feel very bad. I disappeared for a moment behind a wall, and decided to return and give her three coins (merely 20 euro cent, which obviously is next to no help). I also wished her to continue in a better state, and smiled momentarily, then waved and left.
I kept thinking how horrible this world has become. Prior to listening to the wounded voice of that woman, i was involved in imagining a very different female form, one of beauty, of someone i know a bit. After her voice i stopped feeling like focusing on this again during that walk. I will, in the future, return to pleasant thoughts, but it is still quite unfair that there exists such misery.
