Very true.
I don't think you sound heartless. But I think the cops should not get involved unless they absolutly have to. Call a local homeless shelter and ask what they would suggest. get social services involved before you get the cops involved. I understand the concen about not wanting there to be crackheads living across the street, that is a safety issue. But I guess my biggest problem is that we as a society arent dealing with the issue of homelessness, we are just trying to figure out how to tuck them away and not deal with what is going on that we have homeles. Our jails and prisons are becoming holding facilities for the homeless and mentally ill as the sate instituations are being shut down and there arent enough social service programs to help the homeless (some of which are people who have been kicked out of mental institutions that have closed down) I think this country should be looking at why these things are happening and why we arent doing anything about getting people the help they need (or stopping it before help is needed and trying to stop the problems before they result in being homeless) rather than sending them to jail... I am a little tired and I dont know if that made sense and I dont want to derail this thread with my views of public policy in regards to homeless and/or mentally ill. So yeah... the end? haha good night!BTW, the average San Franciscan/Northern California native has my attitude because there's more than enough people out on the street who don't try to get out of that situation & some of them get aggressive and unpleasant when they don't get a handout. Willie Brown (former SF mayor) suggested painting the homeless yellow and using them as speed bumps..He wasn't serious & I thought it was an awful thing to say, but that's the attitude.
I do realize what I'm saying sounds heartless but it's just as heartless to not do a damn thing.....& No they're not all on drugs but the majority of time there is some problem that can be eliminated, oftentimes the problem that put them on the street.




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