[Nomorjer Kinov]

Trashy punks...

No good deed goes unpunished.

[Cicero]

Probably trashing the house is just part of their normal lifestyle.

[linear]

"You are forced to accept charity," he said. "It's demeaning."


Obviously this family was quite demeaned, being forced to accept so much charity. There may be some good however - I'm sure their hosts will be much more reticent to "demean" them, or anyone else in need, in the future.

[MEG33]

I understand the frustration of being helpless and in need..
I also understand trash...

[Rodney King]

Those of us who said not to take in refugees, even those referred by a church, were roundly crticized here a few months ago.

[Dog Gone]

There's always someone who will excuse the behavior of the worst among us. The generosity was the problem. Gimme a break.

[JillValentine]

That leftist psychologist is an idiot.

[SouthernFreebird]

"You are forced to accept charity," he said. "It's demeaning."

Oh puleeze...sounds like all of LA made a living accepting charity for generations. They weren't demeaned by it.

[Grenada]

Look for more stories in the same vien. When people never earn their own money this is how property and possesions get treated. I live in New Orleans and I am back full time. When other states began taking in evacuess I told my family that this would happen. All the goodhearted people who tried to help will be devastated.

[adamsjas]

Therein might lie the problem, said psychologist Harald Graning of Confidential Counseling of Westminster.
While the Browns might look like the ultimate ingrates, their response is not unnatural, he said.

Leave it to the psycobabble crowd to rush to the defense of these heathens. It would seem the wanna-be-shrink has no more idea of morality than the gutter trash from Louisiana.

Freepers should keep an eye out for this behaviour elsewhere, because these people were flown all over the country.

[plain talk]

Therein might lie the problem, said psychologist Harald Graning of Confidential Counseling of Westminster. While the Browns might look like the ultimate ingrates, their response is not unnatural, he said. "Suppose that you were living your life," he said, "and all of a sudden God came down and destroyed your house? You'd probably be pissed." The anger that people feel under such circumstances needs to be vented and often isn't. Unfortunately, the overwhelming generosity of others can backfire by intensifying the recipient's sense of anger and helplessness. "You are forced to accept charity," he said. "It's demeaning."

This idiot shrink is as nutty as these ingrates.

[toldyou]

Wow......what can I say? Your "Keywords" are adequate! The psychologist needs a psychologist, and this family needs some condoms.

[Doctor Raoul]

Therein might lie the problem, said psychologist Harald Graning of Confidential Counseling of Westminster.

That this guy provides guidance to others is scary....

[NicknamedBob]

Psychologist Harald Graning of Confidential Counseling of Westminster, "While the Browns might look like the ultimate ingrates, their response is not unnatural."

I'll bet he knows better than to be charitable.

[TEEHEE]

The Browns never thanked the church for what it did, Marge DiMaggio said.

Marge DiMaggio gets hit upside the head with an object lesson in reality.

[Born Conservative]

Well, as my grandfather used to say: "You can't shine
sh!t; you can rub it, and rub it, and rub it, but it just won't shine..."

[freekitty]

These people may or may not be trash; but the tables could be turned. I used to work for this company and we did a Christmas thing every year. One time this couple and their family came. They dressed as nicely as possible which was really pretty good; but were driving a really nasty looking car. I was so glad we could help them; but some of our people including the manager decided to read into these people and made their stay with us very unpleasant. I was absolutely mortified. These people did nothing to deserve this kind of treatment. They knew they were coming to a company and tried to dress accordingly; but to this manager they were taking advantage of us; which I believe was totally untrue. I believe they were as honest as they could be and I could have rung that manager's neck and the others that were so cruel. You could see the hurt in their faces after being treated so shabby by these ex co-workers.

[freekitty]

These people may or may not be trash; but the tables could be turned. I used to work for this company and we did a Christmas thing every year. One time this couple and their family came. They dressed as nicely as possible which was really pretty good; but were driving a really nasty looking car. I was so glad we could help them; but some of our people including the manager decided to read into these people and made their stay with us very unpleasant. I was absolutely mortified. These people did nothing to deserve this kind of treatment. They knew they were coming to a company and tried to dress accordingly; but to this manager they were taking advantage of us; which I believe was totally untrue. I believe they were as honest as they could be and I could have rung that manager's neck and the others that were so cruel. You could see the hurt in their faces after being treated so shabby by these ex co-workers.

[Mamzelle]

Breaks your heart to think of the disappointment of the folks at this church. You so want to see generosity rewarded in this life, sometimes, instead of having to wait to see it in the next.

[jb6]

"Living in that environment and having someone watching over your shoulder wasn't worth crap," he said.

As opposed to taking care of the place.

Further, Brown said, the family was never provided with money he said the church promised to help them return home. "If I wouldn't have done some under-the-table work ... I would never have the money to come home," Brown said.

I wonder how much effort he actually put in to finding a real job, versus just waiting for someone to give him cash in hand?

[clintonh8r]

The lovely and gracious Brown family deserves much worse than what Katrina gave them.....