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"Your poverty makes my uncomfortable" is not a valid reason for enacting discriminating legislation.
by thomasz 13y ago
"Your poverty makes my uncomfortable" is not a valid reason for enacting discriminating legislation.
- techsupporter 13y agoPoverty is not the issue, though it is the cause. Restated, I have no problem with someone begging for change _because they are poor_. The problem comes from being hassled, repeatedly, daily, by anywhere from 1 to 8 (not kidding, kept count) people who are trying to sell me something, trying to get me to give them change, or trying to have me sign a petition of some sort. Where does the line for my choosing not to interact with anyone blur into being forcibly interacted with?
- hrkristian 13y agoI'm uncomfortable because of your comment, where does the line go for having you forcibly removed?
- mmariani 13y agoBy intentionally not making eye contact with them ten meters before they bump into you. Done. You don't need new laws for that.
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- chilldream 13y agoCanned responses work wonders. For me, most of these appeals ended with "Sorry, don't carry cash."
- mcv 13y agoBut it's a very valid reason for enacting laws that reduce poverty. But nobody is doing that, for some reason.