Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.metro From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Panhandler Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 06:59:04 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Panhandler Publication Date: Monday November 9, 1992 BYLINE: Regarding the panhandlers' plight, Voices, Platform, Oct. 19: "Mystor Incognito" seems to be an expert in his occupation. He is conscious of his presentation to the point of sounding like a salesman, yet as conniving as he is, he doesn't sound like he's using these skills to get out of his situation, content with damning himself to passivity with statements like, "I believe I was forced into panhandling by society." It discredits his own past and future actions and conjures up an image of a bell curve of predestined roles in society; yet how many people would or could say "I was forced into success by society"? I hope Incognito wakes up and realizes that he isn't condemned to his position forever, or until the world whimsically and arbitrarily decides to give him a break. At 37, he's got half a lifetime left to live, not just survive. PIA PARK Covina This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM