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It won't expose them, it will attract them. Colloquially, attracting problems from elsewhere is said to be creating problems for oneself. In the cat analogy,
by SkyBelow 7y ago
It won't expose them, it will attract them. Colloquially, attracting problems from elsewhere is said to be creating problems for oneself.
In the cat analogy, you are correct because other cities won't go about shipping their stray cats to you (if they round them up they will just kill them). But there has already been numerous cases of cities sending homeless people to other areas. This is where the hungry cat/homeless analogy breaks down.
- arcticbull 7y agoThat's the same thing. The same number of people exist with mental health issues regardless of whether they're receiving treatment. With stray animals you can round them up, castrate them and throw them back. With people you look after them. Either way the same number exists with or without treatment.
- SkyBelow 7y agoOnly if you look at it at a global level. If you can't break the problem down to local levels and solve it locally, you won't have a chance at solving it.
- arcticbull 7y agoLuckily we only have to look at it nationally thanks to borders and immigration law. Which we can, and should.