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Because smoking harms you and those around you, while feeding the homeless actually help fellow human beings?

• icebraining 12y ago
  The argument is that just handing out food harms the homeless by enabling him to avoid places where (s)he could be further helped.
  • Klinky 12y ago
    This would make sense if the US had well-funded homeless shelters & mental health facilities, and a robust economy. We don't. Many of the places the homeless get referred to are not of any help for their circumstances, in some cases they can be more dangerous than the street.
    • icebraining 12y ago
      So you agree that if that precondition was fulfilled, banning food handouts to homeless people would be as permissible as banning businesses from allowing smoking inside?
      • Klinky 12y ago
        No. Second-hand smoke is easily provable to be detrimental to public health. Giving food to a homeless person is not.