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Old 06-02-2019, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA View Post
"Subsidize their Life-Style"? They live in tents next to the railroad tracks. It has to suck.
That's their choice.

Again, why should I or anyone else subsidize their Life-Style choices?

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um, how do people with no money or resources move?
It's called "planning."

It's not my fault your public education system turns out turds like that.

Maybe if they hadn't spent $1,200 on tattoos, they'd have the money.
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Old 06-02-2019, 01:05 PM
 
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We should be trying to solve these big problems, along w/ so many other issues, but we get to focus on T's tweets and his twitter rage. I think all of this chaos is really a smartly played role, a smokescreen, for his inability to solve the big problems we have.
Not sure it counts as smart, really. The GOP ended up with a distracting clown in the White House, but he's mostly acquiescent to their policies. They're certainly enjoying the benefits of having a 24/7 distraction running as they enrich the donor class, but I doubt it's the result of a cunning plan.
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Old 06-02-2019, 01:44 PM
 
Location: Forest bathing
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Would it be possible for you to move? I don't think I would stay in a place that is as bad as you describe it, but that last paragraph.. it seems your complaint should be with your neighbor, not homeless people in general, dontcha think?
I was born here and family has lived in the Puget Sound are since before Washington became a state. Besides, why should we have to move? We have rural acreage so have a respite. More and more, we order online do trips to town are increasingly less frequent. Neighbor moved along with his crazy homeless buddies. He sold to two doctors who now rent it out to a retired doctor. Peace at last. That’s right, you are the homeless sympathizer. Why don’t you invite them to your neighborhood? Dontcha think?
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Old 06-02-2019, 01:57 PM
 
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Your estimation of my personal involvement should concern me, because?
Yeah, that's what I thought. Moral grandstanding. Leftists make me laugh.
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Old 06-02-2019, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Well there's a little complication to that easy fix, it's call the US Constitution
Show me where it states in the constitution that the federal , and state governments are restricted from moving people with a huge health risk to the general public, is unlawful
I won't hold my breath waiting for your response.

Bob.
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Old 06-03-2019, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Elysium
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Show me where it states in the constitution that the federal , and state governments are restricted from moving people with a huge health risk to the general public, is unlawful
I won't hold my breath waiting for your response.

Bob.
Traditionally moving them along was what was done. While there were not debtors prisons the shelters with civilian staff instead of county deputies or corrections officers would not allow porn or self medication so were effectively jails.

Those that broke out of jail would not be allowed to camp and were just pushed on until Darwin's theory got tested. But it seems that our rulers in robes decided that there is the right to camp out with your stuff deserving police protection so the unfit in Darwinion terms sit and sleep where they please.
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Old 06-03-2019, 09:43 AM
 
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Show me where it states in the constitution that the federal , and state governments are restricted from moving people with a huge health risk to the general public, is unlawful
I won't hold my breath waiting for your response.

Bob.
You've misplaced your burden of proof. It's on government (and by extension, those urging government action) to demonstrate legal foundation for use of force. The alternative is not what we consider civilized.
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Old 06-03-2019, 09:46 AM
 
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Yeah, that's what I thought. Moral grandstanding. Leftists make me laugh.
Yeah, I feel horrible. I also argue in favor of improving infrastructure without building one single bridge, and I've even been found to support healthcare for all without having carried out as much as a simple appendectomy in my kitchen.

I do personally fish plastic out of the ocean - so if I plead humbly, can I be allowed to have an opinion on that?

That, or I'll hold whatever opinions I want. Yeah, I think the latter.

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Old 06-03-2019, 09:58 AM
 
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Does your concern for the homeless go beyond advocacy and voting for tax increases? Do you run out to gather the homeless into your house when it starts raining? If not, why not? Otherwise, your endless sanctimony is more than a bit tiresome.
What a ridiculous way of looking at things...

There is hardly a problem any of us can correct or mitigate other than by way of acting in the aggregate. None of us can make much a difference on our own no matter to what extreme we might decide to help others. Of course everyone has their prerogative to do as they will, but to suggest it's "sanctimony" to advocate for ways to mitigate the homeless problem -- that affects all of us -- is just another way to shamelessly misrepresent opinion different from your own.
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Old 06-03-2019, 10:00 AM
 
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What a ridiculous way of looking at things...
It's a fairly standard conservative rhetorical move.
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