pointless? not to the victims I think

Please read the full article in a recent edition of the N Y Times I quoted from earlier

Florida leads American states for the fourth straight year in violence against the homeless in a report released Saturday by the National Coalition for the Homeless.
According to the report, most assaults are committed by teens and young adults and the homeless are usually singled out for attacks because of prejudice.

Homeless advocates have discovered an Internet phenomenon of ``bum fight'' or ``bum hunting'' videos in which young men attack the homeless or pay transients to fight each other.

NCH executive director Michael Stoops said

"If these brutal attacks were committed against any other religious or minority group to the same degree, there would be a national outcry and call for governmental action."

Faced with the onslaught of violence, some states are taking measures.
In October, Maryland is set to expand its hate-crimes law to increase for the first time the penalties for attacks against the homeless