Now, Vector, are they actually stupid or just ignorant? Recursion is like a super easy concept, so it seems more likely they've simply yet to see a good explanation if they're actually in classes with you.
Or they could just be morons.
That is not fine, 10 degrees is not fine, dumpster diving is not fine. Homelessness is not fine, in any way shape or form.
Generalities are bad - some types of homelessness are okay. You know, the voluntary/semi-voluntary kind? Those kinds tend to be harmed by your sort of absolutist attitude, that what they're doing is never okay.
And from experience 10 degrees is a ton more okay than, ya know, cold weather. Though admittedly if it weren't the fucking cops kicking me out of everywhere I would have been fine even then...
You know what rage I've got now? Fucking cops. Why couldn't they just let me fucking sleep, the bastards? No, waking me up in the middle of the night, telling me they don't care where I go as long as I go somewhere else because they don't want to be responsible for something bad happening to me (HAHA, yeah right, that's
totally your motivation), when it's fucking cold out and I just want to huddle under my fucking blankets. I'm not fucking bothering anyone, I'd been there for two months and that was the first time anyone fucking noticed, but nooo, can't have someone sleeping out in a semi-public space. Fuckers.
You know what sucks the most about being homeless? Fucking people, especially the fucking police. Being homeless is actually overall not too bad until the fucking pigs start kicking up shit, so long as the weather is nice. (and 10 degrees is nice)
Now, starvation, extreme poverty, both of these are things you can rail against without me having a problem with it, but your attitude on the homeless reeks of the sort of "scoop em up and stuff 'em in shelters or public housing" attitude that ruins the lives many homeless people are trying to put back together.