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Quixote1818

(28,958 posts) Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:25 PM Feb 2015

The Freezing Homeless Child! (Social Experiment)

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The Freezing Homeless Child! (Social Experiment) (Original Post) Quixote1818 Feb 2015 OP

In a healthy society the first person that walked by him zeemike Feb 2015 #1

Sad and touching at the same time -- n/t mazzarro Feb 2015 #2

Wow!!! Absolutely shocking newthinking Feb 2015 #3

The homeless I met in New Orleans when I was there for a couple of months... rwsanders Feb 2015 #4

zeemike

(18,998 posts)

1. In a healthy society the first person that walked by him

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:57 PM

Feb 2015

Would have asked him "where is your coat young man, it's freezing out here?"

But we are not a healthy society...we are detached from people.

mazzarro

(3,450 posts)

2. Sad and touching at the same time -- n/t

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 01:06 PM

Feb 2015

newthinking

(3,982 posts)

3. Wow!!! Absolutely shocking

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 02:59 PM

Feb 2015

Two hours and nobody helped or even asked him (even if he needed to be escorted to a shelter or help).

The empathy gap is out of control.

rwsanders

(2,606 posts)

4. The homeless I met in New Orleans when I was there for a couple of months...

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 05:23 PM

Feb 2015

just wanted to be useful to someone, they wanted to have a purpose. One was trying to give a couple directions while desperately clutching a banana peel (I got him some better food). When I was leaving, I gave another my left over groceries. He said "now I have something to give my grandchildren" his first thought was of someone else.
We have favored money and efficiency over people. Sad. At least Scrooge learned better. We "we" learn?

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