[ashleyp]

Caseysoftware - i've had exactly three people crash at my house who were homeless strangers. Only for a few nights each.

I have also got chatting to a homeless dude who turned out to be an artist. He carried on a pen drive pictures he'd created over the last few years but he had no computer access and no way to get them. I said i'd take a look and the next day went into a shop and printed every single picture, paid for it and gave it to him.

I have no problem giving to strangers and not getting anything in return. I get something back naturally, I feel happier that they are happier.

Hence i'm in the process of starting a social enterprise =).

[caseysoftware]

Sounds like a great start. When are you going fulltime with it?

"It" being letting homeless people crash at your house all the time.

[rmxt]

It's intellectually dishonest to presuppose that the only way to support destitute people is to personally let them into your home.

[caseysoftware]

It's intellectually dishonest to suggest that people let the destitute into their own homes, but not for people to suggest the same for your home?

It's easy to suggest how someone else's resources (time, money, and effort) should be handled but it's something else to do it yourself.

[rmxt]

Yes, it is intellectually dishonest. The submission/posted website does suggest inviting refugees into one's own home, but you are the one who suggested that we should compare "fear of refugees on a national level" (ashleyp's post "But what's the fear about letting refugees into the country?") to "fear of letting a stranger into one's home" (your post "How many homeless people do you let crash at your place each night?") That's not a sound comparison. Nowhere has anyone stated that you (the impersonal you) should take refugees in, while I don't.

I am not suggesting that any individual be mandated to keep refugees (or anyone that they don't want) in their home. I am suggesting that pooled resources (taxes, which aren't "someone else's resources") go towards maximizing the benefit for the most number of people, inclusive of immigrants.

[ashleyp]

I won't be for a long time. I've just moved back into my disabled Mum's house which has 3 small bedrooms and 5 people. Cramped conditions but I work as much as possible on a social enterprise.

In a few years time I dream i'll be able to provide much more housing than space on my couch. There are alternatives to just giving housing.