Continuation from first post. Ran out of space.
...too wrong with that, the fact that they feel the need too make someone conform to their way of thinkink just so they'll feel better about their own problematic lives, is wrong on so that many different levels. These are generally the people who, when out of change actually apologize for it and are usually of the mindset that if they had it, they most likely give it. They are also usually the people who are like 'not today, sorry', but really they couldnt care either way. These inherently good people are only flawed in the sense that society, as a whole, has told them to act a certain way in order to conform and be what it considers 'normal'.
The third, and final, group is by far the most despicable group of all. These are the people who believe they are superior to the street people because by working a 'real' job it means that they are entitled to treat us in a condescending manner. There are the people, who when asked for change, instead of a simple 'no, sorry', they reply with a sly, sarcastic smile on their ugly faces: 'no, i don't have any change...' and as you turn around to ask the next person, they quickly quip: '...i dont have any change to give to YOU, that is.' and the whole time they're saying this and making complete assholes of themselves to anyone within earshot, they've got this big 'shit-eating grin' on their faces like they just made a funny.
Another type of person who falls in this category is the person who, while walking by pretending that you, your sign and your cup full of pennies, actually kicks your supposedly non-existant cup over sending change flying in every direction. While you end up having to get up and re-collect all of those pennies, with his friends and co-workers laughing at him, he grudgingly reaching into his pocket muttering something about 'having' to help us for bringing chaos to our otherwise peaceful day, all the while cursing his ignorance for having to help someone he has deemed unworthy and/or lazy. This type of person is the most dangerous to those of us who live on the fringes of society. They are the rich, the powerful, the majority of the social workers at welfare, the politicians, and the policy makers. They are also the people who claim they want to help you, but the sad reality of it is that they're only trying to fuel their own political carreer and they don't care how many people get screwed over so they can achieve that goal.
If you haven't already realized, many of the examples here, in fact all of them, come from personal experiences, and it saddens me how the human race has been condition. As people, we are addicted to that rush of pleasure every time we help someone...
So i have just one question for you: what makes us different from any other drug addict?



wow...i just want to say thank-you for that indepth though provoking message and from your cell phone to boot..big star for you ****** and a happy face :) So happy to see you at the H/N workshop and look forward to doing lots more projects with you and Jay.Blessings to you both...cheers..JH
amazing.
This is a great post with well thought-out observations. And like everyone else has mentioned - it's incredibly impressive that you wrote all of this from your cell.
So why do you think there are these 3 groups of people? Environment? Upbringing? And do you think there could be a way to change the way they think and look at the world?