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> In the USA they used to have paid toilets but got rid of them because it was called discrimination against the poor. Meanwhile, in "socialist" Europe, paid t

• wongarsu 8y ago
  In Europe you have to try very hard to fall below the level where you can afford 1€ for a toilet. Arguments that poor people can't use pay toilets don't really work with all that money spent to make sure people always have enough to life with some dignity.
  • nnq 8y ago
    ...it's not about affording: when they're drunk and can't find any change in your pocket, they end up pissing on a wall and stiking up the whole street. Some things need to be free even if they are easily affordable simply because (1) there's enough tax money to cover for it, and (2) a (large) proportion of people will simply find payment inconvenient so won't use the paid service, making life stinkier for everyone around. But hey, at least they got it right with EDUCATION, which probably matters more than this :)
• nnq 8y ago
  > wild urination isn't a sex offense either UNFORTUNATELY! I'd institute jail time or corporal multilation punishment for this tbh. Lots of European cities stink like unwashed toilets! One of the most stinky examples would be Paris (and all >500k people city in France and probably Spain and Italy too).
• Thiez 8y ago
  Perhaps not a sex offense, but it can still be illegal. Here in the Netherlands it's illegal in the "bebouwde kom" (basically within a village/town/city). But it's fine when you're in a forest somewhere (within reason - don't piss on someones leg).