# Would you give money to a panhandler who...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-money-to-a-panhandler-who/547806>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 24, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-money-to-a-panhandler-who/547806 "2010-07-24T03:05:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-money-to-a-panhandler-who/547806/81 "2010-08-04T12:48:43Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> > [@Carl\_Corey](#):
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> > Hah! I knew it!
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> > Not that I have seen that particular person, but I knew it had to be around that area.
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> Yeah, I think she wandered down from the group of hippies that hangs out in Rittenhouse Square.
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> > [@Mr.Miskatonic](#):
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> > This wouldn’t be the multiple amputee with tatoos woman, would it?
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> Didn’t notice any tattoos at all, I was so struck by the crossword puzzle (which I’m apparently alone in being bemused by). As I said in the OP, 20ish, dark blonde hair, not unattractive albeit somewhat grimy. All limbs intact.

Sounds like the local crusties. I would doubly refuse to give that lot money. They’re a bunch of urban McCandless wannabees. Every time I see them in Rittenhouse I start hearing the lyrics to ‘Common People’ in my head.

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**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-money-to-a-panhandler-who/547806/82 "2010-08-04T13:52:56Z")

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> [@Rand\_Rover](#):
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> > [@VarlosZ](#):
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> > Well that’s pretty damn bizarre. You’re trying to decide what I may and may not do with my own wealth. Collectivist!
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> > [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#):
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> > That’s it, I’m getting tired of you liberals passing laws telling the rest of us how to spend our money.
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> There’s nothing collectivist or liberal about outlawing giving money to panhandlers. It’s a health and safety regulation, just like rules against speeding or jaywalking…

Have a :rolleyes:. In fact, here are a few more :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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