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The article mentions a scenario in which someone was "throwing books, newspapers and plastic sign holders at us, screaming that he would kill every one of us."
by shmageggy 8y ago
The article mentions a scenario in which someone was "throwing books, newspapers and plastic sign holders at us, screaming that he would kill every one of us." This is not about living unhealthily.
- luckylion 8y agoAnd an example like that isn't what "the homeless population" in general does on a daily basis. That's where the state can interfere, but it's the large majority that doesn't snap that live unhealthily but aren't an acute danger to themselves or others.
- greedo 8y agoMy wife works in an urban library. Every day she describes a similar incident. They have multiple guards. At a library...
- luckylion 8y agoYeah, and that's terrible, I'm not saying that it's not happening or that it's not bad. It's just that there are many homeless people that don't act that way, so you can't solve homelessness by institutionalizing people against their will. The vast majority aren't an immediate threat to themselves or others. Some are, and most people are okay with forcing help on them. For the rest, offering help is all you can do, but if they aren't ready to take it, you can't force them.