Reply #61: I've been talking about this for, what, 23 years now.

[Greyhound]

Ever since this country, so whole heartedly, embraced the "I've got mine, fuck you" attitude in the early 80's. As the ranks of the homeless grow ever larger, what do you think is going to happen? They'll just lay down and die? They'll suddenly find a job that'll pay them enough to live? The endless hours of boredom, interrupted by moments of sheer terror, will cause them to spontaneously heal their minds, or forget the hand to hand in the jungle, or whatever it was that made them unacceptable to our society? They annoy the hell out of me too and the aggressive one's get more than they bargained for when they come at me, but how will banning them fix the problem? Oh wait! We can house them in our jails, yeah that's it. Maybe they they'll learn how to stay alive another way, like robbery or mugging. Then they can be arrested and housed, at taxpayer expense, again. Then when they get out they'll be looking at one of our more brilliant ideas, three strikes laws. Well WTF if they're risking a life sentence why piss around with petty theft, better to not leave any witnesses.
AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH! :banghead: