Restaurant Forced To Stop Feeding The Homeless After Complaints From Nearby Businesses

[Demo_Chris]

51. I think that there is a lot of passion on this topic, but the compassion has been limited...

And I am not even sure I would go that far. Why, for example, has no one suggested that this restaurant MOVE their free food operation to somewhere else? And I don't want to hear a word about cost, because apparently money is no object when it comes to the businesses around this restaurant that have been taking it on the chin. So where are the posts condemning this restaurant owner for shutting the operation down?

And where is the compassion for these neighboring business owners? You know, the guys who might well JOIN the ranks of the homeless because this restaurant owner refuses to think about the impact of his actions on the people around him.

But I don't think this thread is about compassion at all, and it damn sure isn't about having a reasoned discussion on a complex issue. This thread is about self-righteous sanctimonious me-too liberalism. A hundred responses and 99% of them complete nonsense, because not only would the people posting here not go for coffee at a place so buried in the homeless that the police are called in to clear the streets, they would do exactly what these owners have done if they were placed in that situation -- hell, most would panic if they saw a homeless guy sitting on their lawn.

I am a poor guy myself. And when I say poor, I mean POOR. Poor as in I have bloody little food, living in a house that is structurally unsound, just trying to get through another winter. This internet is my luxury. I've been homeless myself, twice, the last time living out of my truck with my wife and baby daughter. I was damn near there again just last year. Most of what I care about is poverty and social issues. But I hate sanctimonious bullshit, and in my opinion this thread qualifies. I care about the homeless AND these business owners, I care about everyone getting fucked by the system.