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Not an indiscrimitate approach; different people require different types of help. But to claim the problem unsolvable and throw up our hands is unnecessarily cr
by kingkawn 8y ago
Not an indiscrimitate approach; different people require different types of help. But to claim the problem unsolvable and throw up our hands is unnecessarily cruel. All kinds of hard problems get solved so that they don’t harm anyone anymore. Why not this one?
- 1123581321 8y agoI think “throwing up hands” looks the same as prioritizing with few enough resources available. I agree the original comment wasn’t incisive enough (drug use is way too obtuse of a proxy for receptiveness to receiving help) but I also have seen naive approaches spend resources that should have gone to others first. It’s challenging. My hope is that effective use of vacant properties will proliferate because more responsible people can live in them, freeing up expensive lower-trust facilities for people who shouldn’t be let alone before they've received treatment, cut criminal ties, etc.