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it may be a shock to you BUT, there are many homeless who are mentally ill and live on the street out of choice. I've worked at centers where we would wash them up and give them a secure place to sleep and they would leave and sleep in the fire towers. I don't know how you would force them back into society short of incarcerating them
This is a true statement. Many are mentally ill first, and turn to alcohol and drugs to cope on the streets. We used to "force" these people into institutions. Research the series of lawsuits filed by the ACLU over the last 40 years; they have the right to live on the street.
Yes, because they won't allow drugs or alcohol. When I volunteered we would not accept anyone under the influence out of safety concerns for the other people.
No, it's because homeless shelters are often WORSE than being on the streets. Many people refuse to go into them because they are too hardcore and rough.
No, it's because homeless shelters are often WORSE than being on the streets. Many people refuse to go into them because they are too hardcore and rough.
Like my dad used to say - "as long as you live under my roof...".
No one should be cold, dirty, and hungry. Unless they are die hard masochists.
But there ARE die hard masochists who don't FEEL the cold because they are numb from booze and drugs.
They DON'T CARE if they are dirty or what YOU think of their appearance or hygiene.
And...if they are THAT hungry.....WHY don't they just walk into a grocery store and TAKE some food?
Fear of jail?
DOUBTFUL when you are used to the streets.
No one SHOULD be cold, dirty or hungry....unless they CHOOSE to be or are so far gone in their mental state, they only wish they were dead since nobody will hire them and give them that "hand up."
Some people commit suicide.....slowly.....and in public places.
It's just a PART of life....on this Earth.
Accept it or not.
i would say probably most homeless people probably came from abusive homes or not very good backgrounds. people tend to forget or take for granted how much good family and rearing is essential to self-empowerment or well-being. whatever lead the many homeless (not all of them) to their alcoholism or drug use varies but in the end, they are a reminder of what is wrong with a system or society as much as some of them may be wrong or ignorant. some just cannot function with the bull****, politics, lies and facades of society.
No, it's because homeless shelters are often WORSE than being on the streets. Many people refuse to go into them because they are too hardcore and rough.
No one SHOULD be cold, dirty or hungry....unless they CHOOSE to be or are so far gone in their mental state, they only wish they were dead since nobody will hire them and give them that "hand up."
Some people commit suicide.....slowly.....and in public places.
It's just a PART of life....on this Earth.
Accept it or not.
True. Survival of the fittest applies in the urban jungle as well as in nature. In the wild the weakest animals are not seen. Nature doesn't allow for "homeless" animals shuffling around in limbo. You go to the wild and you see the healthiest, strongest animals. The rest are dead -- eaten or biodegraded with the help of ants and maggots.
In human society, it's just difficult for us to accept that because we imagine how it must be like to live that way, and we think it must be downright awful.
No, it's because homeless shelters are often WORSE than being on the streets. Many people refuse to go into them because they are too hardcore and rough.
Can you describe how? I've never been in one.
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