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pendy · 01-03-2005, 17:15

can't agree altogether - I have sometimes thought "There but for the Grace of God ..."

Druggies do ask for it. Everyone knows the risks, those who take them cannot complain.

Sometimes people are homeless not through their own fault. I won't go into cases, but I have known some. If too many things go wrong at once, the slippery slope can take you down all too quickly.

Prostitutes are not all the same, there are young girls who are forced into it, mostly from Central Europe, and unable to help themselves. If anyone goes into it with eyes wide open for the money, okay - their choice. However, someone said above that they would clean toilets if it put food on the table for their kids. There are women on the game because it puts food on the table for their kids - how can we judge them?
If it had ever been a choice between my children going hungry or me taking to the streets, I'd have been on that corner like a shot. It just never happened that way, so you could say I was lucky.

Can't judge generally - too many different reasons, too many different cases.

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pendy Resting in peace Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 1,123 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 910	Re: Homeless, prostitutes and addicts! can't agree altogether - I have sometimes thought "There but for the Grace of God ..." Druggies do ask for it. Everyone knows the risks, those who take them cannot complain. Sometimes people are homeless not through their own fault. I won't go into cases, but I have known some. If too many things go wrong at once, the slippery slope can take you down all too quickly. Prostitutes are not all the same, there are young girls who are forced into it, mostly from Central Europe, and unable to help themselves. If anyone goes into it with eyes wide open for the money, okay - their choice. However, someone said above that they would clean toilets if it put food on the table for their kids. There are women on the game because it puts food on the table for their kids - how can we judge them? If it had ever been a choice between my children going hungry or me taking to the streets, I'd have been on that corner like a shot. It just never happened that way, so you could say I was lucky. Can't judge generally - too many different reasons, too many different cases.