Is Tito any worse than those of us who walk down the street and act like we don’t know the beggars are there? Or those of us who have money in our pockets but say, “I don’t have any cash on me”?

I’m not saying he’s above reproach, but let us first cast the eye inward.

Awful.

is that Tito doesn’t think for a second to move his wife out from between him and some stranger that he is talking shit to.

Doesn’t he fight for a living?

why would we assume that the man is homeless? Every dollar we give to him we can not give to world wildlife fund or a battered woman’s shelter. That man is about as undeserving of charity dollars as it gets. That’s not to say he shouldn’t be hired or trained to do something productive.

one time a homeless guy had a sign up that said “not gonna lie, need money for alcohol” and I parked my car, went up to him, and said his sign was funny and asked about his situation, he was actually funny and said he just wanted to drink and I said I won’t give him money but if he tells me what he drinks I’ll drop it off for him on my way back, and 30 minutes later on my way back through there I had stopped at the liquor store and got him what he wanted…

THAT is how you handle those situations, a homeless man wants to drink, you get him something to drink, this is America…

also my and 3 of my friends had Seahawks season tickets, and this same guy was always off the freeway exit in a Seahawks shirt, and every home game we gave him our leftover food (always got fast food and ate in car on the hour drive) and we gave him some weed….and you could tell it made his day everytime, he got so excited and would be yelling go seahawks, which if you a hawks fan, thats enough for me, you get a bowl and some food…

I’m not sure if it’s true or not but a few people in the comments section on TMZ were saying, the homeless guy was harrassing people well before he asked Tito for Money. Apparently he had harrased a lady who had given him some change and yelled at her for just giving him a few cents.

When I was in college there were tons of bums on our little college street. They would beg for money all the time. We were warned by the police not to give them money because they would go buy crack cocaine and get arrested. The cops didnt process these people (no ID, no address, not worth it I guess) and they would end up back on the streets the next day.

Also, when I was in the ER for an illness, there was a homeless guy who checked himself in on a cold night for a warm place to sleep. He was complaining of chest pain and was really just looking for a warm place to sleep (he told me all of this because our beds were next to each other). He even asked if I could switch IVs with him because I had a morphine drip (I said no) The nurse by law had to tend to him though he had no insurance, good thing I didnt have to have urgent surgery (I did). He got up and left at 6am without checking out. The nurse said he and others do this all the time.

I dont have much sympathy for these people. There are non profits and half way houses for them to get back on their feet and get a job. The only thing holding them back is their addictions, but thats not our fault. No one forced you to start smoking crack.

He probably thinks that little soliloquy changed that poor guy’s life.

Way to go Tito. Real impressive, digging into a homeless man like that. I don’t know what the exact circumstances are with that homeless man and where he lives, but being from Vancouver, we have our own big homeless / affordable housing issue. It’s something that has become a big issue in the past few years, especially with the Olympics coming and the local government trying to “clean up” the streets any way they can, like giving out jay walking tickets to the homeless. It’s all in an attempt at pushing along the almost inevitable gentrification of the downtown east side of Vancouver.

The reality in Vancouver is that much of the homeless problem is due to mental illness. My gf works as a psych nurse and local facilities are being closed down due to funding cuts, which means there is more pressure on existing facilities, which means only the most unstable patients are kept while others are released early, before they are completely well. Once they get into the real world, they find they cannot cope and end up on the streets, which only causes them to spiral further and further into their madness. This is what is happening in Vancouver, and you gotta figure this is what’s happening in other cities as well. When you see a homeless person, there’s probably more to his/her story than you think. Tito should have just said no. How hard is that?

I pretty much hate tito ortiz but i don’t see much wrong with what he said.

Let me point out that even the homeless should know that Tito’s a dick, so this guy had it coming.

gets embarrassed by your behavior, you might need to consider a slight personality adjustment.

I was trying to spit game at this slut, and this bum totally harshed my vibe. I let him have it though. Told him he was worthless and should work harder. Then I kicked him in the face because I am a man!

High-Five!

Here is how Tyrese handled it – http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/06/tyrese-to-homeless-gatorade-is-your-salvation/

When I lived in California I used to drive through Salinas a couple times a week and there was a guy sitting in this little park area in the middle of he road downtown with a sign that said, “Homeless Vet, Want a sandwich and a beer.” So every few days, one of the guys in my unit would get the guy a sandwich and a beer. He was always appreciative, and evidently this was as much of life as he could handle. It was cool.

On the other hand, I had a kid run up to me when I lived in Baltimore and tell me an elaborate story about how the cops had run over some little girl (a surprisingly common occurrence in B-more) and how he was collecting money for her funeral. And all I could tell him was, “This is the third time you’ve told me this story in a month. How many times are they gonna bury this little girl?”

In the UK 1 in 10 homeless people are ex-armed forces.

In the US it’s even worse, 1 in 4 homeless people are ex-armed forces.

So chances are very good that any homeless person you see fought for your country. I thought Tito was supposed to be very pro army, yet he’ll pre-judge anyone who is homeless and look down upon them, even with the very real possibility that they are someone who he in fact is supposed to be very supportive of…

The unfortunate reality is that Tito is a self-promoting douche-tard and was likely just playing it up for the cameras, regardless of whether or not he meant the things he said. I’d bet my next paycheck that if there had not been any media around that he’d have avoided any sort of confrontation entirely. Either way, it was a weak move and one he deserves to be criticized for.

He never gona get no George clooney or Colin farrell love

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070913/farrell_toronto_070913/20070913?s_name=tiff2007

I wouldn’t exactly call the guy “lazy” because I’ll bet begging for a living is HARD work. I sit on my ass all day at a desk and pull in money doing that. Who’s the lazy one?

Still, I don’t think what Tito did was wrong. The guy asked Jenna, kept standing there after being turned down, and then asked Tito. “Leave these creatures alone!” (Many rec’s to anyone who knows where that quote is from)

I just can’t understand any criticism here. Tito used himself as an example, right in the guy’s face. It’s not as if he just called him a bum, he elaborated on what he was saying. If the guy wasn’t lazy, he wouldn’t be next to Tito begging for handouts. He’d be resting somewhere, preparing for the next day’s search for a better tomorrow in my humble opinion. As a former homeless guy myself, I like what Tito did there. Sugar coating doesn’t get anywhere with hardheaded people. SOmetimes, in your face, no BS advice doesn’t either. Can’t win em all.

Seems a bit nitpicky.

way to go tito more people are going against you, and how old is Jenna anyways

Tito should have ground and pounded the bum.

That guys seemed pretty articulate and determined for a mentally ill bum. He also had a freshly shaven head and face and managed to get in front of the reporters which makes me question the validity of the situation.

Celebs do not like paparatzi because they say and do terrible things to get you upset for a good shot. They dont say “hey tito simile” they say “hey tito, how does it feel to get smoked by the dragon” then take his picture. You always here stories about how celebs attack these guys… its because they instigate the situation that much to get a photo.

The guy in the clean white beater and sweat shirt, in front of the camera men, not picked up by club security, was likely placed there by the photographers as a set up.

what would Dana say in the same situation?