Street beggars, including blind beggars
Beggars, blind, cripple and sound in body, have been around since time began. The bible speaks of them. Popular literature speaks of them. Many countries have them. There is a British pub called "The Blind Beggar". South Africa has them (beggars, not pubs) in abundance. They will be at almost every traffic light. It is your choice whether to give money to them or not. The official thinking is that it is not good to give them money because there are specific relief forms set up for the disabled (they get government pensions) so playing on their disabilities to get more is not really fair. There are shelters for street children and homeless and again the official thinking is not to give these people money. My own pet aversion is the women (usually women, rarely men) who have a baby or small toddler with them. This is officially child abuse. The beggar usually “rents” the baby who is kept...
