4 ms·
This framing is ridiculous. The water, power, toilet paper, fixtures, etc., cost money to provide. Someone is always paying for the toilet.
by __derek__ 10y ago
This framing is ridiculous. The water, power, toilet paper, fixtures, etc., cost money to provide. Someone is always paying for the toilet.
- denom 10y agoyeah, but if we _all_ pitch in then these costs are marginal, and we can help provide some feeling of humanity to those in need--that's worth a lot more!
- __derek__ 10y agoThat goes along with what I'm saying. RMS doesn't acknowledge that there is a cost. There's a lot of value in ensuring that people have access to a toilet when they need it, but that doesn't negate the fact that someone has to pay to facilitate that.
- imgabe 10y agoCleaning up excrement from public areas also costs money and in the meantime makes it less pleasant for everyone. You can pay for one or the other.
- __derek__ 10y agoThen the post should advocate building publicly-funded toilets. All I see is the suggestion that we shift this cost off to someone else. Maybe the "great lengths" implies paying for some good or service in order to use a business's toilet, but that would undermine the premise.