Should you give money to a homeless person on the street?

This table lists all the recorded votes for this poll. If anonymous users are allowed to vote, they will be identified by the IP address of the computer they used when they voted.

Visitor	Vote	Timestamp
174.92.103.172	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Sun, 10/06/2013 - 16:21
76.176.71.167	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Sun, 10/06/2013 - 11:46
Jerome Libang	Yes, they need help.	Sat, 10/05/2013 - 23:28
Emma Seckington	Yes, they need help.	Sat, 10/05/2013 - 18:53
75.22.57.182	Yes, they need help.	Sat, 10/05/2013 - 17:34
71.34.197.77	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Sat, 10/05/2013 - 15:05
Rebecca Lee Tice	No, they could spend it on drugs or alcohol.	Sat, 10/05/2013 - 15:04
140.198.42.61	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Sat, 10/05/2013 - 13:37
70.79.91.214	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Sat, 10/05/2013 - 00:42
98.140.184.202	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Thu, 10/03/2013 - 11:00
192.160.130.58	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Wed, 10/02/2013 - 19:19
10.1.0.1	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Tue, 10/01/2013 - 11:35
Isabella Callaghan	Yes, they need help.	Tue, 10/01/2013 - 00:12
142.68.133.86	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Sat, 09/28/2013 - 20:23
Monique Waggoner	No, they could spend it on drugs or alcohol.	Fri, 09/27/2013 - 21:38
Alaina Murphy	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Thu, 09/26/2013 - 22:49
71.204.186.18	No, they could spend it on drugs or alcohol.	Thu, 09/26/2013 - 20:57
209.66.200.51	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Thu, 09/26/2013 - 14:22
singingindarain	Maybe, but give food instead of money.	Thu, 09/26/2013 - 00:17
71.233.236.54	Yes, they need help.	Wed, 09/25/2013 - 12:33