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This happens all over the world, in every major city where there is a gap between the rich and poor. This is not a Google, private security, or an LA thing In
by jbob2000 11y ago
This happens all over the world, in every major city where there is a gap between the rich and poor. This is not a Google, private security, or an LA thing
In Toronto last year, I witnessed a homeless guy get kicked out of an ice cream parlor by an undercover cop the moment he stepped in the door. The bank up the street from me has a security guard outside 24/7, and during the Winter, I saw him kick a homeless man out of the warm ATM vestibule. Last week I watched the police round up a group of homeless sitting outside a McDonalds. There's an article that floats around about Hawaii putting their homeless on a one way trip to anywhere else.
There's no good place for people who don't have anywhere to be. They move to a park and park-goers complain. Any place indoors they will get kicked out of because they don't have money or a reason to be there. They can't stay in shelters because they're overcrowded.
So this article sucks because it doesn't do anything but blame Google. Google is just doing what any other independent actor would do; keeping a healthy and safe appearance.
We can't solve the homeless problem, so I ask, where should they go?
- teaneedz 11y agoI thought the article was helpful in shedding light on this disgraceful practice. If Google is part of it, it deserves to be called out on it. The problem may be bigger than just one company, but it doesn't mean that just because others do it too, they should not be targeted. I appreciated the article.
- jbob2000 11y agoI don't know that I would call the practice of "displacing the homeless" as disgraceful, but I agree that the way the private security elevated the situation is. They shouldn't be defaulting to spraying mace, as one might spray insecticide, it should just be there as a last resort. The disgrace belongs to you and me and the rest of capitalistic society who have let homelessness happen. Since we can't/won't house them, the only thing we can do is shuffle them around.
- teaneedz 11y agoDisgraceful is a good word for sweeping this huge social issue to places it's less seen. Yep, there's plenty of blame to go around. I hope we don't become desensitized to the sufferings of others by moving "problems" out of eyesight though.