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That sounds so obvious - these funds have to be used to deter people from becoming homeless or squeeze them out of city if they became so - but they seem to be

That sounds so obvious - these funds have to be used to deter people from becoming homeless or squeeze them out of city if they became so - but they seem to be used to make life of bums more comfortable, obviously you have more and more of them. I guess experience of Belarus in eliminating bums should serve as example. There are no bums in Belarus. Why? You aren't supposed to ask, they won't tell you. People are happy, and the government is doing its job. Everyone knows that wandering in the street dressed and smelling like a bum is a bad idea and won't last for long.

bjl 9y ago
> There are no bums in Belarus. Why? You aren't supposed to ask, they won't tell you. It sounds like you're advocating for killing homeless people.
- pound 9y ago
  Of course there are no killings. Mostly they were moved to small/half abandoned villages out of sight. When society on all levels is really not-welcoming to homeless that may force some people to try much harder not to end-up as bum on the streets.
  - bjl 9y ago
    > Mostly they were moved to small/half abandoned villages out of sight. That's not a whole lot better.
    - pound 9y ago
      That's against their will, but I'm not sure that letting someone to defecate in the middle of the streets is any good either
    - stanmancan 9y ago
      Homeless people don't defecate on the streets; alcoholics, drug addicts and mentally ill people do. Those people need help, not to be sent off so they're out of sight.
    - anovikov 9y ago
      They are supposed to be sent to forced labor to chemical plants and other harmful conditions work (Belarus also has a lot of work to do on contaminated Chernobyl lands, so maybe there as well). Thing is, bumming is a crime. As far as i know, it is a felony in just about every country. It is just that cops are closing their eyes on this crime so frequently that most people even forgot that it was against the law.
      - pound 9y ago
        It is not a crime on its own, unless you live in opressive country. Against the law should be actions making it not safe for others
  - Quarrelsome 9y ago
    > Of course there are no killings. We're talking about Belarus here. Its not a happy-clappy place even if it does its best to look like that on the surface.

bjl 9y ago

> There are no bums in Belarus. Why? You aren't supposed to ask, they won't tell you. It sounds like you're advocating for killing homeless people.

pound 9y ago
Of course there are no killings. Mostly they were moved to small/half abandoned villages out of sight. When society on all levels is really not-welcoming to homeless that may force some people to try much harder not to end-up as bum on the streets.
- bjl 9y ago
  > Mostly they were moved to small/half abandoned villages out of sight. That's not a whole lot better.
  - pound 9y ago
    That's against their will, but I'm not sure that letting someone to defecate in the middle of the streets is any good either
  - stanmancan 9y ago
    Homeless people don't defecate on the streets; alcoholics, drug addicts and mentally ill people do. Those people need help, not to be sent off so they're out of sight.
  - anovikov 9y ago
    They are supposed to be sent to forced labor to chemical plants and other harmful conditions work (Belarus also has a lot of work to do on contaminated Chernobyl lands, so maybe there as well). Thing is, bumming is a crime. As far as i know, it is a felony in just about every country. It is just that cops are closing their eyes on this crime so frequently that most people even forgot that it was against the law.
    - pound 9y ago
      It is not a crime on its own, unless you live in opressive country. Against the law should be actions making it not safe for others
- Quarrelsome 9y ago
  > Of course there are no killings. We're talking about Belarus here. Its not a happy-clappy place even if it does its best to look like that on the surface.