> you should be extra careful to provide proper support...they could have done it better. But the thing is that the people criticizing are (a) providing zero d

> you should be extra careful to provide proper support...they could have done it better. But the thing is that the people criticizing are (a) providing zero direct support to the homeless and (b) not actually going to "do it better". Few of the people offended by this whipped out their own $50 or $500 and said that they'd pay the homeless guy that much to do something else. That is the point: few of the critics are actually capable of "doing it better" or would be able to withstand the media spotlight that would accompany an attempt.