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More Cities Are Making It Illegal To Hand Out Food To The Homeless

Anyone Feeding The Homeless Should Be A Crime

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vesper said:
Radcen, I have been involved in volunteer work involving the homeless. Overwhelmingly the majority of them are mentally unstable. Even when it is freezing cold outside, you can't get many of them to go to the shelter. They will live under the vi-dock in their cardboard houses in below freezing temperatures. We collect blankets, coats, gloves, hats, scarves and simply drop them off in boxes in hope they survive. Some don't.
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Fair point.
 
polgara said:
Greetings, Vesper. :2wave:

Kudos for your caring work, Vesper! *hug* You have a good heart, and I believe Karma sees all. Did you happen to see the story on Yahoo today where a couple of billionaires are getting divorces? The one wife is complaining that she simply cannot live on $40 million a year, and wants more! Bozhe moi! (Slovak for Oh My God!) "If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to." --Dorothy Parker ... hilarious!
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Polgara, I could afford 80 families a fine life on 40 million a year. But would it surprise you to learn that sometimes a homeless person could be a millionaire? It's not all that common but Clownboy's post remindied me of a man living under the vi-dock here in Columbus owned three huge warehouses, was a multi millionaire but by choice lived a homeless life. The idea that soup kitchens are being regulated, and hounded with regulations to hinder their existence just doesn't make sense.They don't just feed the 'homeless', they feed anyone in need. So Why? Do they have something against the people that run them out of charity? Hmmmm. Maybe, for most of them across this country are run by groups associated with religious organizations. Is the local governments putting forth an effort to encourage more government dependency by eliminating charitable giving in the public square? I hope not.
 
tres borrachos said:
That creeps me out to this day. I remember the first time I saw it. I freaked out.

"It's a cookbook!"
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Greetings, tres borrachos. :2wave:

That one is a classic! I can't recall ever being so shocked at the way that one ended! That was over 40 years ago, and I still remember it... :eek: Good old Twilight Zone never disappointed...
















at ending! :eek:
 
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I'll feed whoever the **** I ****ing want to! I don't plan on feeding the homeless any time soon, but still!

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jamesrage said:
So you wouldn't mind it if someone set up a soup kitchen in front of your house,the place you worked at or children's schools?
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In front of my home? No. I don't want anything being done in front of my home. In front of my work or kids' school? I have no problem with that.
 
I can only hope the homeless never ruin your neighborhood and cause your best employees to leave for safer territory and customers causing your business to fail and life to be turned upside down after investing all your savings. Insensitive? BS the insensitive is those who promote homelessness in neighborhoods by contributing to them.


Dragonfly said:
I can only hope that you never discover how insensitive and silly this comment truly is.

I'm sincere about that.
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Can't wait to see the video someone captures about this.
 
Dragonfly said:
You think those are apple to apple comparisons?
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Many people not versed in national park protocol like to bring that one up, I live in a national park, the real reason you don't feed the animals is because you don't want to do what's called "habituation" which is when animals no longer have any inhibitions about approaching people and even worse, associating humans with food, especially in the case of bears which is why our entire towns garbage dumps are bear proof and communal.

It's about protecting people and the animals, if a bear shows it has become habituated and approaches humans regularly and prescribed Parks remedies do not work to curtail the behavior, the bear is caught and terminated.
 
Dittohead not! said:
Feeding the homeless makes us feel good, but what does it really do for the homeless?
Give a man a fish...
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Give a man a fish and he eats for a day.

Teach a man to fish and he spends all of his time fishing while you take care of his old lady.





"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." ~ Anatole France
 
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BrewerBob said:
In front of my home? No. I don't want anything being done in front of my home. In front of my work or kids' school? I have no problem with that.
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Aren't schools usually in residential areas and why would you want bums hassling you?
 
TeleKat said:
I may be misunderstanding where you are coming from, so help me clarify please. Are you arguing that we shouldn't help the homeless because that would make them "dependent" on us?
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They are using the money to buy alcohol not food
 
Deuce said:
People aren't bears.
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Apparently they're not human either, so don't need to be fed. I'm afraid much of this thread has nauseated me. Nice work nimby, smug, I'm-alright-Jack, poor-hating, moral high-grounders!
 
Perotista said:
There you go, I loved that old series. I still do. They just do not make sci-fi like that anymore. I also like one step beyond.
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On Netflix right now they have every episode of the Twilight Zone from 1959 to 1963.

I think I've watched all of them in the last few months.
 
lifeisshort said:
They are using the money to buy alcohol not food
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Not all of them. Besides, that's why you give them food and not money. But, alas, giving them food is apparently illegal in many cities.
 
tres borrachos said:
Nobody's going to jail. And if you're asking me when we go on vacation or when I go shopping and there are hundreds of homeless people congregating around waiting to be fed, would I prefer not to have to wait until they all move or not to have to cover my nose because of the smell? Yes. Sorry.
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Oh I agree, but that is not getting to the bottom of the real issue
I find the reasons for wanting to move the homeless rather superficial, and that is what is bothering me. Its a nicely worded attempt to kick the can down the road instead of finding real solutions.
Feeding them, by whatever means and wherever it may be won't solve the homelessness issue at all. As a nation, we have accomplished so much, so why can't we come up with a solution to treat our fellow citizens, many of which may be veterans, as the human beings they are instead of shoving them away? Moving them down the block may give the appearance that all is well, but it is not.
Lol, and no, I don't have a solution either, other than helping out as much as I can, and thanking you and your family for doing the same.
 
1) They chose to be homeless
2) They're all addicts and alcoholics
3) It's easier than working for a living
4) They're all lazy
5) They're all "bums"
6) They're all crazy
7) There's no incentive for them to not remain homeless


It's amazing how many people think all of the above is 100% fact for 100% of all the homeless people out there.

Is some of it true for some of the homeless? Yes. Absolutely.

Is most of it false for most of the homeless? Yes. Absolutely.

The vast majority of Americans today are one serious car accident away from being homeless.
One job loss away from being homeless.
One illness (cancer for instance) away from being homeless.
A divorce away from being homeless.
One slip, fall, or trip away from being homeless.

A simple series of some bad luck can easily put the vast majority of any of us on the fast road to homelessness.

To deny that is simple ignorance.
 
Another thing that's quite funny is that many of the same people that rail against the idea of feeding the homeless and helping the poor also think that government subsidies to large corporations are "capitalism at it's finest".

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KevinKohler said:
If you want the homeless to move someplace else, it does.
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No it does not.

Groups seek out the homeless to pass out food. The city believes feeding the homeless on the street keeps them on the street. The city believes that by not feeding the hard-core homeless will force them to feeding centers...ie Salvation Army shelters.

It does not. Hardcore homeless medicate the hunger.

I heard of a homeless guy that would sleep in the bed of a man's pick-up. The man tried to get the guy help and food...the guy told the man he did not want to eat because then he would then need to use the restroom. The guy died last winter.
 
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I think this is a big gray area. On one hand regulating who you can give food to and where just seems wrong. On the other hand, I would imagine these cities are cities that have a big homeless problem and much of that is most likely due to their being in areas and climates that attract homeless from all over to them. Regardless of why someone is homeless, a lot of homeless in an area trashes everything up. Just look at how much trash and filth is in a park that has a lot of homeless hanging out in it. No one wants that in their backyard or for that matter their city. Instead of a ordinance on where you can feed the homeless, it might be better to have a program that conditioned getting food on their using trash receptacles and not taking a dump in an alley.
 
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