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26 Jan 2008 Sat 03:05 am |
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Quoting azade: Well I have been in the USA and I have seen many homeless people before, because sadly there are people in that unfortunate situation in every country (I am yet to see an exception).
This video, however, seems really harsh and the kid really has nothing. I'm just saying it made a great impression on me. At least in many other places I have travelled homeless people still have some sort of (although obcviously very low) living standard, but this looks like something taken out of the poorest third world country.
Time is ripe for turkish politicians to do take steps towards generating more jobs. Something clearly needs to be done about this. Perhaps there are not many homeless people in Turkey, I don't know, but this guys conditions appear to be much more severe than those of the usual (perhaps by choice) homeless people begging on the street corner.
Which options are there for someone like this in Turkey? |
I kind of agree with you Azade. There is usually a REASON for homelessness (other than poverty) - i.e. alcoholism, breakdown, abusive home lives ... even to escape the rat race! Being out of work is not a reason for homelessness in most developed countries, as the unemployed are given money and housing.
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 03:07 am |
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That clip was painfully sad, even though I didn't understand much of what was being said. Such is the plight of many poverty stricken children/people around the world... With so much wealth in the world, how can there still be so much poverty?
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 03:09 am |
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Quoting Waseem_UK: That clip was painfully sad. Although, I didn't understand much of what was being said. But such is the plight of many poverty stricken children/people around the world... With so much wealth in the world, how can there still be so much poverty? |
The thing is Waseem - from your name I assume you live in the UK and as I said above, poverty is not the reason for our homeless. They are given benefit and housing. The reasons for our homeless are just as tragic, but it is never caused by poverty.
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 03:18 am |
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Quoting AEnigma III:
... poverty is not the reason for our homeless. They are given benefit and housing. |
Well it would be unfair to say that they have tried to cheat the system, but there can be reasons why state benefits can be witheld and consequently they end up in the streets.
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 03:22 am |
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OK OK OK!!! There are exceptions maybe.... but help is there if people really need it. You never never see starving people - not really  .
Even tramp alcoholics draw their benefit money...and buy more alcohol with it 
(Edit: My post sounds more harsh than it actually is! All I am saying is that you never hear of starving homeless people in the UK. They are homeless for many complex reasons but all of those reasons are just as horrible.)
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 02:01 pm |
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Yes that's what I meant Aenigma.
For all I know the guy in the video could be dead already and nobody would give a damn.
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 02:24 pm |
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One of the hardest things I face in Turkey is that when I see a homeless person begging for money, I want to give some. But there are so many conmen (PC language con-persons) here.
On the news last summer (I have tried to find this on youtube but I couldn't) there was a amputee man sitting on the central reservation of a main four lane street in Istanbul begging for money. The beggar soon realised that someone was filming him from a balcony on his video camera. The beggar got angry and starting shouting at the man taking the video. After a few moments the beggar disconnected his bent so-called amputated limb from out of his trouser and walked away on two very normal legs.
There are real genuine desperate people here in much need of help, but there are a huge number of cheaters too. How do you tell the difference.
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 02:38 pm |
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The man was obviouly not a genuine beggar.
My bet is that he was a policeman, watching drug dealers.
Why do people film and destroy the cover of policemen on duty?
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 02:38 pm |
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Quoting Cacık: One of the hardest things I face in Turkey is that when I see a homeless person begging for money, I want to give some. But there are so many conmen (PC language con-persons) here.
On the news last summer (I have tried to find this on youtube but I couldn't) there was a amputee man sitting on the central reservation of a main four lane street in Istanbul begging for money. The beggar soon realised that someone was filming him from a balcony on his video camera. The beggar got angry and starting shouting at the man taking the video. After a few moments the beggar disconnected his bent so-called amputated limb from out of his trouser and walked away on two very normal legs.
There are real genuine desperate people here in much need of help, but there are a huge number of cheaters too. How do you tell the difference. |
While i walk on the streets... i face those alot... so to choose the difference... i just give money to whom tries to sell a gum, or tissues... not to all ofcourse... you kinda understand or feel who is cheating or not...
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 02:40 pm |
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Quoting AlphaF: The man was obviouly not a genuine beggar.
My bet is that he was a policeman, watching drug dealers.
Why do people film and destroy the cover of policemen on duty? |
That was impressive...
Which has a big possibility...
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26 Jan 2008 Sat 02:42 pm |
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They should film the drug dealers, instead...much more fun there !
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