Re:Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis
by dividedbyzero on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:11PM
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Put homeless people in jails? For being homeless?
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Re:Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis
by danschumann on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:06PM
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There are plenty of things that are bad for the public health that have been decriminalized... drug use, public defecation, etc. If they simple enforced the laws, they'd have reason to have people stop living on the streets (where they have no reason to be), and start living in places set up to handle them ( asylums, jails, shelters, whatever you want to call it ).
Re:Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis
by sam36 on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:35PM
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Yes, most cites and states have laws against vagrancy. Just because something is "public property" doesn't mean you get to live or camp there.
Re:Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis
by rpmisms on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:45PM
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That's what the coasts have come to, I guess.
Re:Trends in the San Francisco (mostly dog?) poop crisis
by raxxorrax on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:52PM
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Reminds me of Belarus. You have to pay fines for being homeless.
Honestly, I hope some homeless people shit in the mailbox of people suggesting such "solutions".