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Everyone in a first world country should by common decency, have access to clean water, food and a place to sleep. If your society is failing to provide this,
by LouisSayers 8y ago
Everyone in a first world country should by common decency, have access to clean water, food and a place to sleep.
If your society is failing to provide this, then it's a failure of society, not a failure of the individual.
If society does provide for it in a way that is adequate, humane, and without severe inconvenience then sure, prosecution can be an option (right after providing a humane option of a place to sleep). However, I doubt this is the case.
If your laws don't provide for humane treatment of people in your society, then you need new laws.
And staying in jail... well anyone that think that's an adequate place to sleep is confusing a place that's meant for punishment vs a place that treats people humanely and offers them shelter.
- throwaway917100 8y agoThis is not the failure of the society, this is a decision collectively made by the society. Clean water , food and place to sleep has to be paid by the same society and largely US society through its law makers have made the decision that they don't want to pay for these things (they still pay for these up-to some limit). It's a decision. Every country is different, for better or for worse.