Big Issue sellers

[Tequila_Woods]

Well said Warren....

Except i know of a big issue seller who actually used his funds from selling the big issue to buy crack.....

Personal experiences and all that.........

[randyandy]

Tequila_Woods wrote:

> Seriously though....i dont see why i should fund someones crack
> habit....id rather give to a homeless charity to make sure its
> going to the right places.


T I am afraid your post shows that you know absolutely nothing about the Big Issue, the people it helps or the work its does.

On other boards the porn industry criticises people who want to make documentaries about it mainly because of the assumption they have that they are drug using slags and pervs blah blah.

The usual response to such posts is don't make assumptions about something you know nothing about. I suggest you do the same

[Lizard]

There are sadly a great deal of big issue sellers funding a drug habit, if you take the time to go into the Manchester office, you will get the facts straight from the project director.

[Tequila_Woods]

Read my second post hun.....Im speaking from personal experience here, not just making assumptions.

[randyandy]

If that's the case simply contact the Big Issue and they won't be doing it again.

[ATS]

Keith Rasputin wrote:

> But it's still wrong to make an assumption unless you know the
> person, plenty of drug addicts around who aren't homeless,
> quite common in fact and plenty of homeless people who have
> nothing to do with drugs...
>
> I used to know somebody, middle-aged mother of a friend of
> mine, who if she saw somebody who looked a bit scruffy or not
> dressed in a conventional way, even people who looked just like
> students, would say that she thought they were 'drug
> addicts'....really ignorant.

I know exactly what you mean re.your 2nd point Keith
My daughter and her friends went through a goth stage once
The amount of make up they wore and type of clothes cost a pretty penny

But to hear middle aged/old gits talk about them as dirty,scruffy,druggie
types etc - they hadn't a clue. They were only having fun for God's sake!
Don't they know that middle class and upper class in their designer gear
probably are more likely to do drugs?
Too many ignorant people about I'm afraid in my view

[Shelley Louise]

Plenty of working people from all walks of life fund drug habits themselves so no different if you are a big issue seller or a city banker..

Freedom of choice at the end of the day

Shelley