Re: OT - So Michael...

"Michael Johnson" <cds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Joe wrote:

My brother and his wife made a documentary about homeless people that
basically agreed with this. They befriended a group of homeless people
that lived in the woods and they hung out with them for a couple years,
documenting their lives. Of course they didn't give up their home, they
just visited an awful lot and got to know them pretty well. By and
large, the homeless are no different from anyone else.

Everyone has the right to be homeless if they chose to be. My father made
friends with many homeless people throughout his life. I can tell you
without hesitation that many of them are happier with their lives than a
lot of very wealthy people I have known.

Okay, I've seen the light. I'll leave the homeless alone. They're not camped
out in my backyard, nor even in my neighborhood. Out of sight, out of mind.

If I see them living on a steam vent in center city, I'll just step over
them or walk around.

Homeless is a lifestyle choice. I get it.

It wasn't that long ago that the homeless were a very real problem for
Philadelphia. They were becoming aggressive panhandlers and the tourists
started to complain. Somehow, without trampling on their
Constitutionally-guaranteed right to sleep on public streets, the police
seem to have ushered them out of the high-profit areas, so they are no
longer a concern. I don't know where they went (Seattle?), but - like I
said - out of sight, out of mind.

Not my problem.

You know the difference between a social conservative and a fiscal
conservative? Ask for a donation.

dwight


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