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Originally Posted by curves2000
This story is a prime example of what some people who take a much more "lenient" approach to this problem never understand. These people who have serious addiction, mental health and other issues are also scary, threatening and a serious annoyance on regular people going about their lives. No doubt about it that the driver of the bus and a lot of passengers as well were also quite scared by the situation.
The people who are always demanding safe supply, safe injection sites, decriminalization etc never have an answer for how we reduce social disorder. How do we reduce that fear, annoyance and general decline of the area and of society in this regard?
For a lot of people, people who usually are not directly affected by these situations, it's always the same talking points Living in suburban homes, on quite, safe streets and nitpicking 30 km/h speed limit's to keep the area safe but are completely ok with the worst of the worst enacting carnage on the downtown streets and for residents, visitors and business owners to literally and figuratively deal with the sh**.
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While I see what you’re saying, I don’t think it’s particularly fair, and I don’t think it’s helpful to maintain the ideological “either/or” of having to choose between safe supply/injection/decriminalization and more serious enforcement of dangerous or violent crimes.
I’ve said before, but the fact that people see this as a one side vs the other issue is what perpetuates the problem. The reality is that people who want the things you mentioned do have answers, but like anything that will actually fix this problem, they are expensive and resource-intensive answers, and if there’s one thing people hate more than drug addicts and homeless people, it’s significantly higher taxes.