I'm set up to go if they ever legalize it.
ugh...DC. There needs to be a state-sponsored hobo holocaust on New York Ave alone.
I'm set up to go if they ever legalize it.
This country needs better mental health care.
If you were attractive and there was even a slight risk of a hobo wanting to rape you, you'd probably have a slightly different opinion.
I'm not sure what the percentages are for hobos who are lazy vs. those who are "mentally incapable." But the lazy ones are ruining it for the people who truly need help.
My personal safety has nothing to do with my statement. It wasn't intended as a judgment or an apology. There's actually a pretty big and pretty well known correlation between the rise in homelessness and the decline in affordable mental health care. The people who truly need help, as you put it, typically seek it out. The people you dismiss as lazy, however, are frequently incapable of navigating those systems and should be receiving treatment instead.
My personal safety has nothing to do with my statement. It wasn't intended as a judgment or an apology. There's actually a pretty big and pretty well known correlation between the rise in homelessness and the decline in affordable mental health care. The people who truly need help, as you put it, typically seek it out. The people you dismiss as lazy, however, are frequently incapable of navigating those systems and should be receiving treatment instead.
My personal safety has nothing to do with my statement. It wasn't intended as a judgment or an apology. There's actually a pretty big and pretty well known correlation between the rise in homelessness and the decline in affordable mental health care. The people who truly need help, as you put it, typically seek it out. The people you dismiss as lazy, however, are frequently incapable of navigating those systems and should be receiving treatment instead.
And what of the able-bodied, able-minded people who simply don't feel like doing anything? What kind of treatment do you suggest for them? Or does that category of the homeless not exist as far as you're concerned?
Not sure why you're looking for an argument when there isn't one there. There was nothing in my initial seven-word comment that suggested a bleeding heart sensitivity to the plight of the homeless.
California has the worst homeless problem I've ever seen, particularly SF and LA. DC and Atlanta would be next on my list. Also heard that Vegas is appalling.
Problem in Cali, IIRC, partially stems from the state kicking a whole load of mental health patients out of ins utions some years ago due to budget issues.
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