Comments on: on sundays I go feed the homeless in the park http://ifranky.com/amifamousnow/general/on-sundays-i-go-feed-the-homeless-in-the-park/ ...a wise man knows himself to be a fool. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9-beta-1 hourly 1 By: mary http://ifranky.com/amifamousnow/general/on-sundays-i-go-feed-the-homeless-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 mary Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:54:52 +0000 http://ifranky.com/amifamousnow/2006/07/22/on-sundays-i-go-feed-the-homeless-in-the-park/#comment-1328 Wonder how many of those homeless became homeless due to gambling addictions that cost them their homes? There are many reasons for people becoming homeless and the streets become their home. The ordinance said that the people can get "services" to be fed. Food stamps is one service, and that does not buy hot meals. Many homeless go to parks to cook their cold food. The places that serve meals indoors often run out of food, and seats, don't serve on weekends, fights break out because of the drug/alcohol people that are among the working homeless that use them. (and mentally ill?) Wonder how many of those homeless became homeless due to gambling addictions that cost them their homes? There are many reasons for people becoming homeless and the streets become their home. The ordinance said that the people can get “services” to be fed. Food stamps is one service, and that does not buy hot meals. Many homeless go to parks to cook their cold food. The places that serve meals indoors often run out of food, and seats, don’t serve on weekends, fights break out because of the drug/alcohol people that are among the working homeless that use them. (and mentally ill?) View all comments by mary

]]> By: Franky http://ifranky.com/amifamousnow/general/on-sundays-i-go-feed-the-homeless-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 Franky Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:21:30 +0000 http://ifranky.com/amifamousnow/2006/07/22/on-sundays-i-go-feed-the-homeless-in-the-park/#comment-1327 Now honestly if those people don't get food... how will they get out of the city? Walk 100 miles in the desert to the next town? Besides that the city seems to aim at charities (soup kitchens). I can imagine homeless people are not the best thing for a town's image, but there are other ways as well. Brighton has loads of homeless people too, actually I have never seen that many Big Issue sellers (huge homeless magazine, sold by homeless people) as here in Brighton, but the oppressive way surely isn't <em>the</em> way to solve the problem. Now honestly if those people don’t get food… how will they get out of the city? Walk 100 miles in the desert to the next town?

Besides that the city seems to aim at charities (soup kitchens). I can imagine homeless people are not the best thing for a town’s image, but there are other ways as well. Brighton has loads of homeless people too, actually I have never seen that many Big Issue sellers (huge homeless magazine, sold by homeless people) as here in Brighton, but the oppressive way surely isn’t the way to solve the problem. View all comments by Franky

]]> By: Biologisvensk http://ifranky.com/amifamousnow/general/on-sundays-i-go-feed-the-homeless-in-the-park/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Biologisvensk Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:33:25 +0000 http://ifranky.com/amifamousnow/2006/07/22/on-sundays-i-go-feed-the-homeless-in-the-park/#comment-1326 I guess it is just the city's "attempt" at trying to clear out the parks downtown where there are tourists. The homeless love camping out there, and if there is food, of course they'll be where the food is. No matter how much they try to hide it, there still will be homeless people, they just need to find a better way to handle it all, IMHO, and starving them is not the way to do it. That's just inhumane. I guess it is just the city’s “attempt” at trying to clear out the parks downtown where there are tourists. The homeless love camping out there, and if there is food, of course they’ll be where the food is. No matter how much they try to hide it, there still will be homeless people, they just need to find a better way to handle it all, IMHO, and starving them is not the way to do it. That’s just inhumane. View all comments by Biologisvensk

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