Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

Every homeless person is being punished, regardless of whether they have commited an offence or not. It is not a crime to sit in a public park. I doubt many locals complained homeless people were been given free food, they may have objected to the pissing in doorways etc, but then punish those idividuals, not all of them. This method is not addressing the problem properly.

Then why do your parents work? These people need help, not to be starved to death. If the council said we're banning soup kitchens but setting up 2 more shelters I might be more understanding.

Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

I found a stat that some 33% of homeless men in America are war veterans.

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I found a stat that some 33% of homeless men in America are war veterans.

That would be a misleading statistic.

-45% of these men suffer mental illness.

-More than 2/3 of them served before the Vietnam War - older people have a harder time financially - which compounds the problem of mental illness and financial irresponsibility.

-The military attracts all sorts of people, many of whom are unfortunately less undesirable individuals.

So no, I am not surprised that a third of homeless men served in uniform at one time or another.


Are you accusing my parents of taking welfare money? Since you mentioned my parents, are you accusing ME of not having a job?

Why do your parents work? :rolleyes: (BTW - what do our parents have to do with any of this anyway?)

Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

I doubt you pay much taxes for homeless. Well, at least, where I am, that's how it is...

I mean, you can't give them social aid paychecks because they don't have lodging nor any adress and they can't get an adress because they don't have any social aid!;)

Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

Why won't those homeless people make an effort and get a job?

Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

Why should you, when the government is more than willing to pick up the tab for you?

Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

I think that what most of you fail to realize is that many, if not most, homeless people are unable to get a job due to mental illness, drug or alchohol addiction, lack of education, and the general neglect of the urban inner city (esp. in the USA).

They are not like this because they are lazy, but because they are unable to succeed.

Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

As far as I can tell, the ghettos are no worse than the British inner city, or the Parisian slums.

Yes. But this inability lies within themselves. It is unfair to expect others to pay for their own laziness/drunkeness/mental instability.

Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

I specifically mentioned the USA because I am more familiar with the contions of the urban inner city here than in Europe. I did not want to make broad generalizations just to be proven inncorrect later, thus negating my arguement.

How are people paying for others to be homeless? Soup kitchens, food banks, and shelters do get money from the gov't, but a lot comes from charities and donations.

It is the lack of money that people are giving to organizations helping homeless people that is forcing the government to spend more on them.

Re: Las Vegas bans feeding homeless in parks
 

That doesn't give anyone the right to place an undue obligation on everyone else.

Anderson Cooper even did a great bit on Oprah one day about the homeless. He talked about how easy it actually is to get on your feet, if you're ambitious enough. If you know Anderson Cooper, or Oprah for that matter, you'll know that this is an unexpected thing for him to say. The only thing stopping the homeless from bettering themselves is themselves.