Our support, not scorn, is needed

Yes, they might not necessarily be our quietest residents, but they are people.

Walking through the town last week, I heard a number of comments, from people that, at first glance, I thought looked respectable.

Well woe is me. The filth, anger and overall aggression towards the street drinkers, which was coming from this couple in their general chit chat, was shocking.

What these people don’t understand is that instead of being aggressive and angry about the drinkers, we need to understand them more.

These are people who probably have issues and problems that I can’t begin to imagine.

We should be uniting to help them overcome these problems instead of just trying to blank them out and wish they weren’t there or conceal them with a blanket of our own rage and hatred.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t condone how some of these street drinkers behave.

But I think there are bigger issues at hand that we really need to be looking at, not just hoping that these people will go away.

After all, didn’t the bible say: “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone?” Well, I would like to know whether this couple I overheard in the street is without sin... I somehow doubt they would be.

J. Collins

Sea Lane

Rustington

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