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I say with respect, to those who want more rights for those homeless to remain that way, that these are humans, not wildlife. That there's plenty of money that could be better utilized by housing people instead of street corner giving. If a person feels the need to give, fine.
But don't think that leaving the person homeless is addressing the problem that has been created. And it is a created problem, not the will of the homeless. All these people once had housing and would rather have it again.
It's about basic privacy. I agree with the homeless who are reluctant to have to show up like cattle at a trough to eat or sleep in a barn, otherwise called feeding places and shelters to sleep with strangers and then turned out to pasture the next day even if they need to rest for health. That's the way livestock is treated.
That is the Libertarian and theocratic view of life with many clauses on how such things would never befall themselves. The contention that people live without being part of something greater and deserving of help from others, creates a group of people who at best are the object of pity, at worst no more than some entertainment and a nuisance, is unacceptable to many of us. It denies the phases that life hands to each of us, from childhood to old age, with good and bad times or disability.
Libertarians say to the face, FOAD, I don't want to be bothered. I say to such, fine, these people don't want to bother anybody. They want to live indoors just like you that spends so much energy despising them, not outdoors like feral animals. House them and they'll be out of your exalted way. You won't be bothered anymore.
Want the 'problem' of the homeless and poor solved, or ended, just end the basic problem by housing and support. Then you and they will both be free.
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