Miami Considers Ban On Feeding the Homeless Without Training 18
The Miami City Commission will consider a proposal next month that would make it illegal for "unauthorized people and groups" to feed the homeless. They say the ordinance will cut down on litter and ensure the safety of the food that the homeless eat. Anyone without formal training who is caught giving food away would first receive a warning and then fines up to $300 for subsequent food offerings. Without laws like this the homeless might start to associate people with food, and the only thing more inconvenient than having to look at a homeless person in the morning is having to run away from cannibals.
Uh... (Score:3, Insightful)
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I've had homeless people refuse food when asking for money.
One guy was panhandling outside a Subway sub shop and asked for "some change so I can get something to eat." I was feeling charitable and I had time on my hands, so I asked him "you want money so you can get a sub or something?" He said yes.
So I said we should both go inside the sub shop and I'd pay for his sub. He said no thanks and just wanted the money. I repeated my offer, and he got pissed off saying "if you don't want to give me any money just
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He was probably already being fed by the government.
Zombing the nation (Score:1)
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Exactly, because this is the land of opportunity, so all those poor people are just leeches who refuse to go get their $150,000/year job so they can make us all look bad. Naturally, if we make poverty illegal, it will go away, just like recreational drugs! Mission accomplished!
Were I a resident there, I would suggest to the homeless that they go follow a cop around going 'oink'. Repeat as needed until they're arrested or given food. If they're arrested, they will get fed by the jail. Repeat as necessary. T
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No... the goal is to make it illegal to fund the homeless bums’ booze and drug habits, which tend to be counter-productive to them finding jobs, keeping jobs, or being motivated to do so in the first place. Millions of dollars are already spent feeding the homeless, but the government won’t buy their booze and drugs, so there they are on the street corner asking for money.
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And yes, I’m aware that this ordinance does nothing to accomplish that goal.
The goal of this ordinance is quite simple, and exactly what they said it is: To cut down on litter, and to ensure that establishments that feed the homeless are inspected and follow the same health regulations as the for-profit establishments that produce and handle food. Although I admit, I don’t see how this reduces litter. Maybe they assume that ensuring enough trash cans and such will reduce the amount of trash peop
Ah, the idiocy of the well meaning... (Score:4, Interesting)
cannibals?!?!?!?? (Score:1)
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It's called irony. It was parodying the signs telling you not to feed wildlife in case they begin to associate people with food.
A useful test... (Score:2)
To say that the homeless have no right to my property is simply a property rights position. To make it illegal to voluntarily practice charity, on the other hand, is the action of a worthless shitbag who hates the poor so much that they are willing to deny even the ri
The Central Problem (Score:1)
The central problem is distinguishing:
Poor by Choice
Poor by Circumstance
Poor by Habit
The Poor by Habit will often masquerade the Poor by Circumstance (ex I don't have a drug habit - but my boss fired me and none of my family will take me in etc). And yes, this issue should generally be addressed by professionals, or you are far more likely reinforcing the same habits that got them there.