Barang Beggar on the Streets of Cambodia

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 1:31 pm

Everyone looks like that on their days off, right?

Rain Dog · Post by **Rain Dog** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 1:36 pm

Samouth wrote:MM i am waiting hear from more Americans

I am American living here in Cambodia --- but I do not quite understand your question (?)

MekongMouse · Post by **MekongMouse** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 1:42 pm

Rain Dog wrote:
Samouth wrote:MM i am waiting hear from more Americans
I am American living here in Cambodia --- but I do not quite understand your question (?)

He wants to know what Americans consider the reasons for our large homeless population. Is it that they chose this lifestyle or is it a failure of the state to provide resources?

kiwiincambodia · Post by **kiwiincambodia** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:15 pm

General Mackevili wrote:Everyone looks like that on their days off, right?

I certainly looked like that on Sunday after Saturday night in Bangkok. How I was allowed on the plane back to Phnom Penh I will never know.

Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:06 pm

Situation in Australia

From the 2008 report "Which way home? - each night, 100,000 Australians are homeless. Half are under 24 years-old, and 10,000 are children.
https://www.dss.gov.au/sites/default/fi ... report.pdf

Reasons for homelessness New South Wales http://www.dennyfoundation.org/2015/02/ ... ss-in.html

For most, Christmas is a happy time. A time to relax and spend time with family. But for the homeless, Christmas can be the hardest time of the year. This year (2011)Australia’s homeless shelters are packed to the rafters and unable to meet current demand. The situation is so bad that couples with children are most likely to be turned away. https://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpres ... /homeless/

Rain Dog · Post by **Rain Dog** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:03 pm

There is a lot on this topic on the web (Wikipedia) and elsewhere if anyone wants to read. In the USA, There are about 650,000 homeless (out of a population of around 300 million) at any given point in time over a year. However the number of people becoming homeless for some period of time over the course of a year is many times that (some say as high as 3.5 million including 1.5 million Children.)

About 10% to 15% of homeless are war veterans. The USA government makes a big show of glorifying war and military culture, but does very little for the soldiers that return from these wars. It really is a national disgrace.

The USA spends so much on war and gives over US$3 BILLION dollars a year in Military aid to Israel yet people still live on the streets in what is supposed to be the "greatest country in the world".

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:00 pm

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:19 pm

I wrote this now, because people with no compassion annoy me. It's not great poetry, but it's true.

Stained

Just like you
Your parents were
(Obviously)
Of sufficient,
Even superior
means
No one
In your family
Ever made
An unwise move
You are of noble birth and
Much-posted worth
Today you bestride the Turd-World small pond like a colossus
Acknowledging your time of need
Or that others bleed
Is an inconvenient
Truth
Those needy times, or sordid climes
Were not really you
And so few know…just deny
As company backslappers laugh when you buy another round
And the classiest company at
The fashionable bar abound
The terrifying hound of truth
Stalks…
And reminds you of your
Humble roots
Cast such fear aside,
Credit cards will suffice.
Won’t they?

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:26 pm

vladimir wrote:I wrote this now, because people with no compassion annoy me. It's not great poetry, but it's true.

Stained

Just like you
Your parents were
(Obviously)
Of sufficient,
Even superior
means
No one
In your family
Ever made
An unwise move
You are of noble birth and
Much-posted worth
Today you bestride the Turd-World small pond like a colossus
Acknowledging your time of need
Or that others bleed
Is an inconvenient
Truth
Those needy times, or sordid climes
Were not really you
And so few know…just deny
As company backslappers laugh when you buy another round
And the classiest company at
The fashionable bar abound
The terrifying hound of truth
Stalks…
And reminds you of your
Humble roots
Cast such fear aside,
Credit cards will suffice.
Won’t they?

That's pretty deep - I imagined you reciting that with a bongo, a fez and a hookah in a darkened bar.

Food for thought.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:34 pm

StroppyChops wrote:That's pretty deep - I imagined you reciting that with a bongo, a keg and a hooker in a darkened bar.

FTFY

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