Homeless man on pimpthisbum.com
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Wed, 03/18/2009 - 3:42am (16 years 31 weeks ago)
PimpThisBum.com gives homeless man hope
But some advocates say Web site exploits his situation
By MONICA RHOR
ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 7, 2009, 8:14PM
HOUSTON — Until a few weeks ago, Tim Edwards was just another one of the men begging for change at a busy Houston underpass, ignored by most drivers who sped on past without a glance.
Now, thanks to an Internet marketing campaign and unlikely allies, Edwards has become the human face of homelessness to thousands of online viewers drawn to his Web site by its deliberately controversial name — Pimp This Bum. Read the rest of the article here.
So what do you guys think? Is this going to help Tim or any of the other homeless people?
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Wed, 03/18/2009 - 5:09am (16 years 31 weeks ago)
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Re: Homeless man on pimpthisbum.com
I can see where they were going with this one. The name is just to attract people to the site. Once you're on the site, you're given an opportunity to help those that are less fortunate. Sometimes all people really need is a push. If a homeless person doesn't mind being one of the people on the site, then I don't really see a problem here. No worse than Octomom have a site and exploiting her children.
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geez. I dunno it if will help but I'm sure some how it will with him. What next a reality tv show - because we need to be more depressed. I dunno but I think this makes our country look even more pittaful or a joke.