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Aristus

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20. No, of course it doesn't make sense.

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sun Apr 30, 2017, 05:10 PM

Apr 2017

But when politicians want to look like they're doing something without having to think too hard about it, they bleed it out of the innocent, the powerless, the defenseless, and the suffering.

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Can criminalizing homelessness help? [View all] True Dough Apr 2017 OP

They are doing it so corporate employees & visitors don't have to see them. Cattledog Apr 2017 #1

Absolutely! Raster Apr 2017 #4

They don't *want* to provide services to help the homeless, for fear of making their city tblue37 Apr 2017 #13

Oh fucking yeah, if trump gets his way millions will become homeless. Doreen Apr 2017 #2

Well, Trump is meeting with Rodrigo Duterte True Dough Apr 2017 #3

You put "wallah" in quotes, so I assume you know that is not the correct spelling of "voila." tblue37 Apr 2017 #14

Crap, I made a mistake. I apologize. Doreen Apr 2017 #15

?? I assumed you didn't make a mistake, but rather were playing with a meme you had seen all over tblue37 Apr 2017 #16

No, it was simply a mistake. I was trying to type fast, watch TV, and yell at the cat for messing Doreen Apr 2017 #17

No--but I do teach college English myself. Of course, being an tblue37 Apr 2017 #18

I have no clue about French. I know some German but not enough to Doreen Apr 2017 #19

They are feeding their private hellish prisons. Demsrule86 Apr 2017 #5

I imagine the suicidal rate would skyrocket... FarPoint Apr 2017 #6

My perspective Cartoonist Apr 2017 #7

homelessness is a sign KT2000 Apr 2017 #8

Meanwhile, Utah (Yes, red, red Utah) is experimenting with providing decent housing for Squinch Apr 2017 #9

Cities are doing it because you can't let sidewalks turn into modern day opium dens Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2017 #10

as if they don't have enough trouble. spanone Apr 2017 #11

If by 'help' you mean 'finish paving the way for the removal of a huge... Shandris Apr 2017 #12

No, of course it doesn't make sense. Aristus Apr 2017 #20