Some people should be ashamed of themselves. It's bad enough we have kids beating on homeless people for kicks, but what happened in Vancouver lately is nothing short of un-freaking-believable. A nurse tried to enlist the aid of Starbuck's customers to assist with a homeless man who was unconscious and his comforter was on fire. The responses? 'He's homeless, just forget it', and 'Don't call the hospital, they don't want him'. The nurse did help the guy, who had suffered a seizure and with her help, he even made it to hospital. But she can't get the image of those who refused to help out of her head.
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Friday, December 16, 2005
Is this what we've become?
Some people should be ashamed of themselves. It's bad enough we have kids beating on homeless people for kicks, but what happened in Vancouver lately is nothing short of un-freaking-believable. A nurse tried to enlist the aid of Starbuck's customers to assist with a homeless man who was unconscious and his comforter was on fire. The responses? 'He's homeless, just forget it', and 'Don't call the hospital, they don't want him'. The nurse did help the guy, who had suffered a seizure and with her help, he even made it to hospital. But she can't get the image of those who refused to help out of her head.
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It does not surprise me that this took place. I've lived in Vancouver for the last 8 years and the city is rather devoid of emotion when it comes to the homeless situation here. I live and work in downtown Vancouver and the disrespect the general public shows the homeless is alarming and sad. More people ignore them as if they weren't even there.
When a society stops caring about the sick and needy it's a marker along the side of the road to their downfall.
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