Question

Article on Begging isa crime

Answer 1

Begging is always a crime—whether it is begging for freedom, begging for jobs or begging for money. The beggar is the man who has acknowledged defeat at the hands of destiny in the struggle for existence. He is a weakling and a coward. He deserves not pity but contempt. In time, we realised the futility of the begging attitude and learnt that by struggle alone we could obtain freedom.

Our begging for service is met with like contempt by a employer. We are made to feel that governments must be forced to solve unemployment under active pressure. And when we treat the beggar in the street in the same spirit of contempt, it will also cure him of the habit of begging and utter reliance on others.

Of course, all this refers to the able-bodied beggars, who demand alms in the name of religion or God. It was an evil day for our country when begging implies religious salvation. No man has a right to beg who has the ability to earn his livelihood by the sweat of his brow.