Reply #262: Your link provided a neat little snippet. Thanks for that . ROFL

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"rates of alcohol and drug abuse are disproportionately high among the homeless population"

I really and truly appreciate your making my case for me with your link. Curiously, too, I never saw in your link anything that refuted by proposition that it is detrimental to give cash to a homeless beggar. Hmmm. So you come on here and say my claims are bullshit, then you provide a link that basically underscores them. I tell you, man, you are some super debator.

"We can't even tell if it's really an article from the newspaper cited, it's just a message someone posted to some discussion forum"

I don't want to appear unkind, but even a moron can read the name of the newspaper and the byline of the article. Jesus. LOLOLOL.
And as for your claim disputing the numbers cited by the professionals in the article, Let's see...do I take the word of people who are devoting their lives to studying and caring for the the homeless?....or should I listen to DU Dirk with probably zilch-o experience in this area?...Hmmm. Let me think. Honest to God, my sides are sore from laughing so hard.