Comments on: Body Found In Nine Mile Road Ditch

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 02:59:58 +0000

CONTEMPLATING:
“Compassion is a me thing not a you thing.”

A fascinating philosophy.

David for others, not just me

By: AAK

AAK — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:44:32 +0000

I commend all who want to help these individuals who actually need it. I do want to point out that a few state they don’t care what they do with the money but if that is the case why don’t you hand out food instead? Keep a goodie bag with pop top food and give that. If you don’t care what they do with the money would you care if they got falling down high and then died due to falling in a ditch filled with water? What if they ended up overdosing? Sometimes its about making yourself feel like you made a difference and that’s ok because we do need that to happen. I would suggest volunteering at the Waterfront Mission or some other organization to positively impact a broader base. But I say thank you for your caring heart. May God Bless

By: Tabby

Tabby — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:00:58 +0000

@Ekg—Just want to say thank you for being a decent human being in a world full of selfish, greedy, arrogant fools.
I give money all the time to people on the corners. My motivation is from the heart. I don’t care what they do with the money. That’s on them. If you’re concerned about what their going to do with the money beforehand, then your motives aren’t pure anyway.

By: Ekg

Ekg — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 14:00:58 +0000

That is a sad incident. I have seen hundreds of homeless at different times around this area….some of them stand by the roadside asking for money help….which I most often give and do not regret it whether it is an honest need for help or a trickery or money for alcohol……I have often seen a certain person lying under a certain bridge overpass. The first time I stopped to check and found out he was just sleeping there…Another time I found a very old man with a hugely swollen leg sitting by a grocery store wearing torn and dirty clothing…..I bought some clothing at Dollar General and took it to him…He refused to take it…There are a lot who need help, and some who won’t take help, but I continue to offer it anyway. I’ve never found one who has passed on and hope I never do.

By: Good Samaritan

Good Samaritan — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 13:01:52 +0000

Problem with the world today, on this issue and many others, is that we do not go into the scriptures of the Bible and look at what the Good Samaritan did to help his fellow man. Enough said.

By: Grandma

Grandma — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 03:09:37 +0000

There is a homeless ministry nearby at First Baptist of Ensley. Maybe they might know who he was, if there was no ID. Maybe he had come by for food, a hot shower and clothing. I have volunteered there, cutting hair, on occasion. They are people with stories to tell, but all have hearts that appreciate compassion.

By: Traumaqueen

Traumaqueen — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 22:57:37 +0000

My desire to help others is not dictated by whether someone appreciates my efforts or not. Compassion is wanting to help others and isn’t defined by what others think. Compassion is a me thing not a you thing. I do not know this person nor how they died but I can’t fathom that they wanted to die alone, in a ditch, on the side of a busy road side.

In my line of work I often do things people don’t want me to do,sometimes with drugs and restraints as they are hitting and kicking me,spitting on me and cursing me, because it is what is best for them even if they don’t know it. I have some cancer patients that are at the end of their lives who are begging me to help them die because they are in excruciating pain, a sweet old grandmother with Alzheimer’s patients who think they know what they need as they are biting and kicking me, drug addicts out of their minds on a bad trip,a drunk who punches me in the face, a diabetic who doesn’t know their name,much less what they need or want,because they have low blood sugar or a trauma pt with a head bleed, who is cursing and spitting on me. Do these people deserve any less compassion because they don’t want my help? Do they deserve less or more than a homeless man dying in a ditch?

Again I am compassionate because that is who I am and not because that is what people think I should or shouldn’t be.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 20:02:07 +0000

REGARDING:
” they all deserve our compassion even if they aren’t grateful for our efforts.”

Do we really show compassion by doing things to them they do not desire, forcing others to do what we KNOW is best for them? Our efforts can cause great suffering.

David for real compassion

By: lone chief

lone chief — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 19:04:44 +0000

Wow, “Dude” is getting a lot of flack here. However nowadays we are programmed to be fearful and distrustful (thats how “they” want us to be). I see the problem as NOT going old-school on thug predatory punks. I myself have been victimized by “helping out”, I understand that point of view, BUT, that won’t stop me from trying to help someone albeit I will be wary (and probably armed).

By: Shay

Shay — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 18:58:18 +0000

@nod

If you’d read the comments on this post then you’d know that more people care than don’t. BTW it’s quiet, not quite.