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Re:Toronto carpenter builds 'tiny shelters' for the homeless... by lazyasciiart on Saturday April 24, 2021 @04:56AM (#26923424)
The rich and homeless should be equally forbidden to build small shelters in the park? That sounds like it's been said before.
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Re:Toronto carpenter builds 'tiny shelters' for the homeless... by webmaven on Saturday April 24, 2021 @02:19PM (#26927101)
> The rich and homeless should be equally forbidden to build small shelters in the park? That sounds like it's been said before.

You're probably thinking of this Anatole France[0] quote:

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”

[0] https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France

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Re:Toronto carpenter builds 'tiny shelters' for the homeless... by lazyasciiart on Saturday April 24, 2021 @03:05PM (#26927452)
Yes.
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