09-03-2021, 11:11 AM
I live in Aotearoa (NEw Zelaand) and because we are a young country we have a small population. there were not homeless people in the streets when i was growing up, we had ONE and he was called Blanket Man (rest his soul) and everyone liked him, he was something of a public icon.
but over time i have homelessness increase rapidly, and rather than being quirky figures of endearment people have turned on them. i remember when i was 18 i saw a business man say to this homeless lady ":get out of the way you fat piece of shit" and to this day i kick myself for not fucking decking that cunt...
but i was so shocked...
on March 15 2019 we had our first terrorist attack, a white supremacist gunned down about 90 people, killing 51 of them while they were praying at the mosque.
a few hours ago we had our second attempt a man started stabbing peopel at a supermarket.
its just surreal to watch the world change like this for me
i have always considered being born here extremely lucky
and i still do
but growing up can mean going into war. and this is the path we have chosen as a species
its sad but life is like that
but over time i have homelessness increase rapidly, and rather than being quirky figures of endearment people have turned on them. i remember when i was 18 i saw a business man say to this homeless lady ":get out of the way you fat piece of shit" and to this day i kick myself for not fucking decking that cunt...
but i was so shocked...
on March 15 2019 we had our first terrorist attack, a white supremacist gunned down about 90 people, killing 51 of them while they were praying at the mosque.
a few hours ago we had our second attempt a man started stabbing peopel at a supermarket.
its just surreal to watch the world change like this for me
i have always considered being born here extremely lucky
and i still do
but growing up can mean going into war. and this is the path we have chosen as a species
its sad but life is like that