Re:Why Silicon Valley hates the homeless
by ahomescu1 on Monday December 16, 2013 @01:50AM
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> Many of the homeless are mentally ill; most of them live a nightmare.
The best solution in such cases might be to put them in institutions (where they could also get help), rather than let them free on the street.
The best solution is to take care of them in one way or another. You can't "put" them in institutions because they don't pose a danger to themselves or to others. You could offer them some arrangement, though.
Re:Why Silicon Valley hates the homeless
by ahomescu1 on Monday December 16, 2013 @05:42PM
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If they're mentally ill, can they really choose by themselves? There's not much point in making offers to someone who can't distinguish or understand their options. People with limited ability to make decisions or take care of themselves shouldn't be out on the streets.
Now, you can either give them a home and a caretaker individually (let's say, each of them gets a full-time social worker), or put all of them in the same place where they're taken care of as a group (aka an institution).
Unfortunately, I wasn't yet born when San Francisco was a Mecca for those who wanted to live a different kind of life. But I was fortunate to live in the Castro for a few months during YC, and the sight of those naked guys – or those in tight leather skirts – always made me smile. I thought, hmmm, that's what disruption looks like; that's true hacking – really going against the grain rather than pretending you do because you're like, totally ignoring regulation, while, in fact, you're just screwing cab drivers over and serving nothing other than the same old boring consumerist culture, being manipulated to serve the man with true passion, rather than trudge along with quiet desperation but true rebellion in your heart.
Many of the homeless are mentally ill; most of them live a nightmare. But if we can't help them, let them at least help us remember how crazy this world is. So go ahead you wonderful, destitute, unwashed people: save this beautiful city's soul by shitting all over it. Make the streets of San Francisco your toilet! And when you're done, see if there's a way some of you could get back into New York again. God knows that city needs your help, too.