[WillowTheWhisp]

I agree with Pendy that you can't generalise and there are some people who end up homeless because they haven't a clue how to get help or where to turn. Have you seen the ad on TV which starts off showing a proud and noble soldier who then ends up a homeless wreck because things which happened (mainly the death of his wife) were just too much for him to be able to cope with. Some people can handle things far better than others and I would never judge someone without knowing their circumstances.

Somewhere along the lines there must be something wrong when people like this "slip through the net".

As for prostitutes. I suppose there always have been and always will be but I know what you mean Tinkerbelle. It's not something you want on your own doorstep or in a previously respectable area. I feel sorry for the ones who are brought over here, used and abused because they probably get very little out of it for themselves and are little more than slaves. I should imagine that a great many of them are ashamed of what they are doing too. It's easy to say "something should be done about it" and I often find myself saying that but then I thing - "What?"

Drug addicts, well I sort of feel sorry for the addicts if they are trying to come off the stuff and feel more disgust for the pushers who got them hooked in the first place but it does nark me a bit when they seem to get preferential treatment (I'm not saying they do I'm saying it just looks like that sometimes) on the NHS and other folk slip further down the waiting lists as a result.