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Originally Posted by Cowboy89

Why do we have to yield away all our public spaces until the problems are all fully solved? Lost in the conversation is that this behavior in of itself at transit stops, public parks, streets. etc. is unacceptable, wholly detrimental to society and has a multiplier of negative externalities beyond the people who are addicted, homeless, and mentally ill partaking in this behavior. Why can't we treat the symptoms of these problems as well? The bystander public on the receiving end of random beatings, muggings, theft, intimidation, etc. are also victims.

Probably because many don't like the inevitable answer that any effective solution will require people to be detained in some fashion and removed from these places when conducting this behavior whether that be the police, mental health personnel, addictions treatment personnel . . . whoever. There's no end game solution to these problems that don't have this level of intervention at the very end of the flow chart regardless of how many offshoots and steps we take between.

What are you talking about “lost in the conversation” and “many won’t like the answer”? What you’re mentioning is literally half of the conversation that has been had so far.