tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991262.post5820061118203507013..comments2008-02-10T17:57:45.490+09:00Aaron McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03227816894149818921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991262.post-89535240428546281742008-02-10T12:57:00.000+09:002008-02-10T12:57:00.000+09:00<I>Anyone reduced to beggary has, to my mind, clearly run out of options and without donations has nowhere left to go.</I><BR/><BR/>Not necessarily. I spent four years in Qingdao, China. Every weekend, I passed by beggars of all sorts as I did my shopping and socializing. I encountered beggars near train stations, shopping areas, and tourist spots in other major cities, too. One winter, I took a three-week journey throughout the northeast, a rust belt of failed socialist enterprises, and there, I did not encounter many beggars. I think this is probably because few people donate, so it's not worthwhile to sit on a chilly concrete sidewalk with a cup for ten hours.Sonaginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8991262.post-49333564718698795882008-01-23T00:57:00.000+09:002008-01-23T00:57:00.000+09:00Wow. What a great mom you had to teach you in your youth the benefit of offering a hand up to dumpster divers less fortunate than you. You obviously learned your lesson well. There could be worse dilemmas then this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com