Wow, beating up the homeless. Just kind of pointless, hell I'd be worried about catching a disease. I'd run from em.
We had a "Homeless Bob" in Westerville, when I was younger. Me and some buddies recorded an interview with him and it was about the funniest shit I've ever heard. We asked him how he ended up homeless, and why he didn't just get a job, and a bunch of other shit. Gave him $5.00 for his time. He seemed pretty "off" though, and anytime I saw him after that I usually gave him some change. He was going off about getting into fights at the shelters, and how he was sucking off dudes for drugs ... ah, good times.
Then I went and bought some drugs ... for personal use.