What can we do?
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under Opinionated Me |
Lowest temperature here in Osaka today is 9C. I’m supposed to hold off using my heater until last week of November but I guess it’s already too much for me. So I’ve unpacked my small heater and now at least I’m comfortable. I can’t help but think of those homeless people roaming around Osaka. Some of them live in the banks of the Yodo River, some under the bridges. My Japanese friends told me that many homeless people die due to hypothermia. This lead me to thinking that being homeless in the Philippines might be more bearable than being homeless here in Japan. At least in the Philippines, you don’t have to battle with temperature.
It makes me feel sad seeing a native in this country not having a home while I, a foreigner, have a home. May it be their choice or not, whether it’s their fault or not, in Japan, in the Philippines, or anywhere, it just makes me so sad seeing people having a harder time in life.
And yet, what can I do? What can we do?
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Homeless people in Japan are homeless by CHOICE. They don’t want to be tied with the ways of the society, pay taxes, etc. They even have families but they refuse to go home. They seem to like to camp outside even in winter.
Some of them are psychologically ill while others are just plain rebellious (in my opinion).
“And yet, what can I do? What can we do?”
Don’t mind them. You earn for a living. That’s how different you are there.
last week, when snow fell on akita and sapporo, it was 4 degrees here.
well, this is the real Japan. a society of contrasts. they have billions of yen for international help and cooperation but they can’t do anything to solve the homeless people.
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I agree with Sandier and Rollchan. They had a choice, an still have, but they refuse to work, or try to do something for themselves, instead they prefer to beg for a piece of bread, and to just sit around and do nothing.
I see many homeless people in my country too (Romania) and I can’t stand them when they come to me and ask me for money.