explorer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:14 am

cambo swa wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:10 pm

explorer wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:00 pm One of the sad things in Cambodia is, because so many people make begging a lifestyle choice, and run it like a business, when there is someone with a genuine need, they go unnoticed.

"A lifestyle choice"? Piss off. A man dies in the street because of a "choice". Explorer, you are a sad individual. How do you know his circumstance?

Is English your first language? Did you read what I said?

This man, with a genuine need, went unnoticed. People are distracted by the many others who run the begging industry like a business.

Do you really believe drug users are hard up poor people?

Do you think they should be left where they can harass and rob people?

Where I am, I have talked to the police about a couple of people I have seen stealing.

Something which concerns me in Cambodia. Let's say one of these drug users try to rob you. You defend yourself. The person trying to rob you gets hurt. He then claims he was not trying to rob you, and you assaulted him. So you get charged with assaulting a Cambodian, and go to jail. These people do need to be removed from places where they can make trouble. They also rob Cambodians. But they target foreigners, because they believe foreigners have more money. Some foreigners are stupid enough to give them money, which makes the problem much worse. They behave like beggars when they see foreigners. Where I am, when there are a lot of visitors around, foreigners or Cambodians, they bring in police, to avoid these problems. They know it would happen without police.