Do you think this is appauling?

I asked 2 boys in my class what they would do if they saw a drunk passed out on a street they said nothing just walk by and ignore.

Hello so today in religious education we did a question whether tax money should be used to help people who have alcohol and drug problems so i asked 2 boys in my class what they would do if they saw a drunk passed out on a street they said nothing just walk by and ignore. I think this is appauling because everyday I hope that if anything was to happen to me I would want someone to help me also if I was not as fortunate and brought up in bad circumstances and had alcohol problems I would want someone to help me yes some may argue it is therefore but how can someone walk past those suffering and do nothing when i see others not as fortunate as me or who made bad decisions yes i would try and help them. I think it is repulsive to see people be so careless because you should treat others how you want to be treated and I am sure I would want help and I cannot think how people can walk by and do nothing one they see pain I think it is so sad to see there are people like that I do not care whether it is not my business but when I see suffering I cannot walk by and do nothing.

What is your advice?? Should we help those in need I think we should and if they don't want it then we shouldn't

It is the same with beggars, drug addicts, drunks, homeless people. I never ever give to any of them. In this country there is no need for any of this - the drunks and drug addicts are all there by choice. There are enough support agencies that no-one needs to be homeless

What are you going to do with a drunk - if he is so far gone he will just fall asleep. Slightly more alert he will vomit all over you. Manage to get him to A and E - waste of an ambulance and medical time. You have to let people be responsible for their own actions. And having actually - in my younger days - done the above for a drunk - let me tell you they are blooming ungrateful

What I will do though is give money to the charities that provide help for these various problems.

It is the same with beggars, drug addicts, drunks, homeless people. I never ever give to any of them. In this country there is no need for any of this - the drunks and drug addicts are all there by choice. There are enough support agencies that no-one needs to be homeless

What are you going to do with a drunk - if he is so far gone he will just fall asleep. Slightly more alert he will vomit all over you. Manage to get him to A and E - waste of an ambulance and medical time. You have to let people be responsible for their own actions. And having actually - in my younger days - done the above for a drunk - let me tell you they are blooming ungrateful

What I will do though is give money to the charities that provide help for these various problems.

The right thing to do would depend on your own sense of self-preservation. Is it right to go and help a drunkard who could stab you and leave your family without a father/mother? There's a time and a place for kindness and risking your own life based on a arbitrary need to 'do the right thing' is intensely selfish if you have other responsibilities beyond yourself.

I do not mean to touch them but try and get more awareness and help get them off the streets by providing more help and not approach them. But I don't know anymore the thing is there is so much bad in this world we want to help it and stop this but there is no easy answer. I am just annoyed that there is so much bad and i wish people cared more about others and tried some ways of helping them maybe not to approach them but do something else