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Originally Posted by WCE
To answer you both (rubecube and Cap'n);
The fact that the question and news story catching all the attention is where the responsibility for the removal of these homeless people lays instead of why the homeless are there in the first place (in a wealthy country choking itself on over-consumption) is sad.
The realization that as a society we are willing to overlook that little factoid and segway into this other question of legal responsibility, to me, is a sign that society has effectively failed.
Well, the type of society I want to live in anyway - the type that I would want my (future?) kids to be brought into.
The post was was just a quick little social commentary quip; nothing more and nothing less.
I was browsing through and it happened to catch my eye (especially as someone who has spent more than a few hours doing food drives and social advocacy here in Vancouver).
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I would agree if everyone was turning their heads and ignoring homelss people that the plight of the homeless should be the number one focus of that article, but there are many many programs, agencies and charities out there trying to help these people. Could more be done? I am sure it could, but the problem is that many of these people do not want help.
While this shows the fact that more needs to be done to help the homeless I think it also shows the problems that these people can create for average citizens trying to go about the way and make a living.