“Homeless selfies” deplorable: Vancouver’s Covenant House
Posted Nov 16, 2014 10:23 am.
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VANCOUVER – A worrying attitude towards homeless people have a Vancouver aid group asking people to reflect on their actions.
It comes after a social media circulated video showing a street person encouraged to set his hair on fire, and the continuous practice of “homeless selfies,” people posting pictures of themselves with passed out homeless people.
Michelle Clausius is with Covenant House, which provides shelter and services to homeless kids.
She said they’ve worked with youth who offer to do painful stunts. “Instead of perhaps watching someone inflict pain on themselves or do a stunt maybe just give them that $5 or buy them that cup of coffee or buy them a sandwich instead of trying to get some sort of enjoyment out of watching another person suffer.”
She adds anyone who pays them needs to realize the desperation people feel to compel them to harm themselves for money.
