Comment on Ask HN: Do you help beggars?parentComments−kleer00111ywho complained of hungerYou're off base there, mate. Or maybe you've just never been actually physically starving.If all he wanted was money, he should have said so. By refusing to accept what he was asking for he was proving to be less than trustworthy.−bjourne11yI don't think it was stipulated that this beggar was starving. Have you been a beggar and have you had people offer to buy food instead of giving cash? Not saying you are wrong, but I don't understand why you say that my explanation is off base.
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You're off base there, mate. Or maybe you've just never been actually physically starving.
If all he wanted was money, he should have said so. By refusing to accept what he was asking for he was proving to be less than trustworthy.
I don't think it was stipulated that this beggar was starving. Have you been a beggar and have you had people offer to buy food instead of giving cash? Not saying you are wrong, but I don't understand why you say that my explanation is off base.