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> Would you allow an 8 year old to wander New York City unattended? At age 8 I was wandering in Munich unattended. But okay, gotta admit, this is Germany we'r
by mschuster91 2y ago
> Would you allow an 8 year old to wander New York City unattended?
At age 8 I was wandering in Munich unattended.
But okay, gotta admit, this is Germany we're talking about, so not many issues with hordes of mentally ill and/or homeless people doing anything from drugs to defecating on the sidewalk right next to big tech's offices [1].
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/18/san-francisco-poop-problem-inequality-homelessness https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/18/san-fr...
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoIf your politicians back then had wanted to cultivate your fear badly enough, they'd easily have been able to find anecdotes or instances to scare you with.
- Juliate 2y agoNot _everything_ is in the hands of politicians. Communities, medias have a significant role too, where they can shame politicians trying stupid takes to shape the reality to their wishes.
- Braxton1980 2y ago>homeless people doing anything from drugs to defecating on the sidewalk right next to big tech's offices And this harms people how?
- qball 2y agoLittering degrades the commons.
- Braxton1980 2y agoIn rural areas animals shit all over farms and areas where people exist and commingle
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoRural fields, like restrooms, are a designated place. If your horse defecates on the sidewalk in the city you're expected to clean it up.
- brookst 2y agoPeople stand up and scream and wave their arms at sporting events all the time, but it is frowned upon in airplanes. context matters.
- mschuster91 2y agoThe problem with the drug addicts is that, well, they are on drugs and behave completely irrationally. Stoners are harmless but cocaine, meth and alcohol are prone to cause aggression and fights.
- Jolter 2y agoI nearly stepped in human feces in the street in Cologne. Happened to walk down the wrong alley which the homeless were using as a toilet. I’m sure someone came along later to clean up but this was early morning. My point is let’s not pretend like Germany doesn’t have homelessness and people sleeping rough. They generally are quite harmless though and not generally any threat to wandering children.