But the ones who really bug me, the street folk who swear and cuss you because you don't give them anything.
Yes! There was a time when Santa Monica, the city I work in, was feeding homeless people out of city hall. A wonderful thought, but it meant the streets were awash with homeless of all varieties, including the mentally ill who screamed and harrassed anyone who walked by them. It made going for a walk a lunch a real...adventure.
It's a thorny problem, but mentally ill people need to be in treatment, not shunted out onto the streets as soon as their insurance/medicare runs out. Scam artists like this other guy? I just don't know.
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Date: 2006-12-05 09:52 pm (UTC)Cute.
But the ones who really bug me, the street folk who swear and cuss you because you don't give them anything.
Yes! There was a time when Santa Monica, the city I work in, was feeding homeless people out of city hall. A wonderful thought, but it meant the streets were awash with homeless of all varieties, including the mentally ill who screamed and harrassed anyone who walked by them. It made going for a walk a lunch a real...adventure.
It's a thorny problem, but mentally ill people need to be in treatment, not shunted out onto the streets as soon as their insurance/medicare runs out. Scam artists like this other guy? I just don't know.