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> I'm not convinced that involuntary incarceration will actually fix the problem. Not to sound too crass, but doesn't that pretty much "fix the problem" (i.e.
by hn_throwaway_99 6mo ago
> I'm not convinced that involuntary incarceration will actually fix the problem.
Not to sound too crass, but doesn't that pretty much "fix the problem" (i.e. homeless people on the street) by definition?
- cwmoore 6mo agoBreathing problems? Stop the breathing. Solved, by definition.
- hn_throwaway_99 6mo agoThat is a completely irrelevant analogy. I wasn't advocating for the Soylent Green solution.
- cwmoore 6mo agoYou seem to have missed my meaning entirely. Making a problem invisible makes two problems. Soylent Green is the opposite of the direction I would advocate.
- verall 6mo ago> society has decided to stop jailing (committing) the homeless > leaving them on the street is not helping them. committing them would give them access to (force upon them) care, and is the more humane thing to do > I'm not convinced that involuntary incarceration will actually fix the problem > doesn't that pretty much "fix the problem"? Which problem? Every misunderstanding is someone replying to someone else without knowing who was replying to whom