» Sat May 28, 2011 9:42 am
It would be interesting if you could watch the beggar take your hard earned coin. The coin you handed over because his family is "sick and hungry.", and spend it away in the nearest pub. Then, drunk and disoriented, he passes out in an alley.
In contrast, some needy folk might actually use it to buy food or medicine for their families, and are eternally grateful from that moment on.