i don't think anyone is trying to be "clever" in bringing up your past statements on housing a homeless person - i think it goes towards credibility and walking the talk..  it's too bad you would base your perception of their intelligence on the fact they are calling your hand , so to speak. i've provided a couch many times for many people over the years - i didn't consider them "homeless", just in need of a place for a couple of days.  they were not strangers however- i have a houseful of kids to keep safe and i'm not going to perform social experiments with the possibility my kids will be hurt.
Lynn porter:  "A lot of us who support the poor are poor ourselves, or close to it. We do not have the resources to take very many people off the streets. It's a community responsibility, and the community had better step up and take care of it, if the housed want any peace."   the housed wanting peace doesn't equate to bringing a stranger into ones home.  it's just not do-able. many reasons