a Case StuDy:should we buy from drug addicts? (Continued)

Last week i attended my moral studies class and my teacher told us of a story.
I'll relate the story to you. She told that when she was young,around age of 5-6, she was in pasar malam one night. As she was walking, she was confronted by a skinny man with sunken cheek bones. he was dressed in tatered and filty clothes. He confronted with a basket of tisues. In her mind, it flashed into her mind that there is a beggar in front of her hoping she would buy one. As she was still young at that time, she took pity and bought one from him.When she returned home she related the incident to her mom, hoping to be praised for her good geed. However, her mom later revealed that she had bought the packet of tisue from a drug addict! Her pure act of charity turns out to be an indirectly funding his addiction! She said since that incident she never do charity if the person looks like a drug addict.

Now let us ponder for a moment, yes, even thou buying the tisue from the man is indirectly funding his drug addiction, try to view it in a more long-term and deeper point of view. If we so happen to not buy the RM2 tisue from him, and e3verybody does the same, he would be left with even less money than he had started.

Now,let us set it aside and put ourself in his position. Surely if we are in his position we would not sort to selling tissues as our first job! We would have try to apply for a job as a lorry driver or even work in a relative's company or something. For selling tissues is degrading and and a humilliating job to do. It would surely be the last we would resort to for money. Which is what this drug addict would do too. Im 70% sure he have put his heart and determination to find a respectable job and tried to end his addiction. But to end a drug addiction is not easy. Many victims of drug have return to drugs after leaving the drug rehabilation center. Furthermore, the longer the addiction, the stronger the addiction!

So what i want to pin point is, if we do not buy from him a tissue; a mear RM2 so that he can support himself, he will get desparate. When he gets desparate, what will he do? He will be forced to rob, steal, snatch!! Which is what many drug addicts do to get money for his addiction. A man driven to a dead end, suffering from constant addiction, will surely resort to committing crime for money. His suffering surely would not cause him to surrender himself to a rehab, for he fears isolation from the socity. He cannot bear to return home, to his friends and family alike, for in their eyes, he is nothing more than a burden and rubbish in the socity. Buying that packet of tissue could be the last thing we, the socity could do for him to keep a little self-integrity that he obtain money the legal way without hurting anyone.

Finally, i say if we happen to met one who sells something simillar to this drug addict case, we should buy it if its a reasonable price.