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Re:Why Is Amazon's Generosity to a Seattle Homeless Shelter ... by cryptoz on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:23AM (#17162180)
> Non sequitur. Nobody is discussing legal risks. Simply PR ones.

What? This is a legal concern! You brought it up and it is a major legal concern across nearly all of America!

> This piece isn't designed to help, and it doesn't help.

You are wrong. More people are aware of problems they weren't aware of before. That is usefuuand that is helpful.

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Re:Why Is Amazon's Generosity to a Seattle Homeless Shelter ... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:25AM (#17162193)
> You brought it up and it is a major legal concern across nearly all of America

What is the legal concern I brought up?

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Re:Why Is Amazon's Generosity to a Seattle Homeless Shelter ... by cryptoz on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:31AM (#17162229)
Restaurants donating extra food to the homeless is strictly illegal across much of the USA.
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Re:Why Is Amazon's Generosity to a Seattle Homeless Shelter ... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:32AM (#17162237)
When did I bring this up?

In any case, this point is irrelevant. Businesses donating food isn't illegal in Seattle. Here we have a business donating food in Seattle. There is no legal concern. But they'll wake up to a PR itch on Tuesday. That problem would not have happened if they hadn't tried to help. The disincentivisation remains.

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Re:Why Is Amazon's Generosity to a Seattle Homeless Shelter ... by icebraining on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:39AM (#17162270)
That doesn't seem to be the case, since the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.
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