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Anonymous
1. Not all homeless people drink themselves to oblivion, or even significantly at all. I've had the odd fortune to always attract homeless people, and most of them struggle very hard to manage. They're not working or doing whatever to pay their rent, buy nice clothes, and go for drinks at a trendy bar. They're working to survive on a day to day basis. They can't afford to spend their time getting hammered.
2. So what if they do drink? Their lives are miserable, and some of them use alcohol- for good or for ill, that's beside the point- to numb the pain. They can't, like the average first-worlder, park their ass in front of a television to drive their problems to temporary oblivion. They can sometimes spare a few dollars for some strong drink.
One guy I ran into and asked me for money outright said, "Could you give me some money for liquor?" and went on to tell how he had a tough time in Vietnam, psychologically and physically, how he had been shot through the cheek, showed me where it was, was totally open he was self-medicating with whiskey. Could you blame him? No, it's not healthy, but most people in his position would be doing the same thing with much less honesty.
3. The troll ITT is espousing views which lead to dead, soulless art. The genius of the arch-greats of every medium lies in their sensitivity to the human condition in all its expressions and dignified humanism: Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Cartier-Bresson, etc.
Any "art" someone with his mindset produces will have the depth and substance of a Rolex ad.
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