Encampment by the Metropolitan Branch Trail

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The authorities need to clear this out, pronto.

Leave these people alone for God's sake. Be a decent human being. No one is "choosing" to live on the streets because they're lazy. They are ill, incapable of helping themselves, incapable of following through with all the paper work or appointments necessary to get the very limited resources that are offered, that take forever to come through anyway, etc etc etc. Where are they supposed to go? I heard on the news a year ago about a man who was discovered living in a hollowed out cave-like area in -- Arlington? They arrested him. Good God, the man is living in an underground cave -- that's illegal?

Grow a heart. Be a decent human being who will make it into heaven one day.

Two solutions-
Forced hospitalization for the mentally ill chronic homeless
And opening day shelters for those down on their luck.
Camps should be razed and libraries should not be the alternative.

This.

unfortunately, there's the constitution

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, the hospitals for the mentally ill and the cheap rooming houses have all been closed or torn down, mostly as of the 1970s and 1980s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Seriously?

Go visit a country like India with people living and defecating in the streets. Open, raw sewage. Do you not see how that leads to health problems? TB is just one issue.

Cities in India are actually trying to clean up these settlements and you want them to flourish here in the US?

[Anonymous]

Or visit California where fleas invaded the public building and hepatitis (tracked to homeless people) spread around San Diego. Do people not read the news, ever?

[Anonymous]

Gotta love democratics and their governing practices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Seriously?

Go visit a country like India with people living and defecating in the streets. Open, raw sewage. Do you not see how that leads to health problems? TB is just one issue.

Cities in India are actually trying to clean up these settlements and you want them to flourish here in the US?

No one wants them to flourish here. Obviously. The point is that these are human beings who will continue to need to defecate wherever you send them. Clearing out an encampment like this is not going to stop them from shitting on a daily basis. Come up with a civilized alternative for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gotta love democratics and their governing practices.

Yes, I love democrats -- normal americans with normal standards of decency, people who care about their fellow human beings, want to help those in need and want a government that reflects their normalcy and decency by taking care of those in need rather than being heartless and indifferent to them. yes, I do love democrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Seriously?

Go visit a country like India with people living and defecating in the streets. Open, raw sewage. Do you not see how that leads to health problems? TB is just one issue.

Cities in India are actually trying to clean up these settlements and you want them to flourish here in the US?

No one wants them to flourish here. Obviously. The point is that these are human beings who will continue to need to defecate wherever you send them. Clearing out an encampment like this is not going to stop them from shitting on a daily basis. Come up with a civilized alternative for them.

There ARE alternatives. Which is why it is actually the humane and compassionate thing to clean up these encampments. Don't make it acceptable for people to live like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Seriously?

Go visit a country like India with people living and defecating in the streets. Open, raw sewage. Do you not see how that leads to health problems? TB is just one issue.

Cities in India are actually trying to clean up these settlements and you want them to flourish here in the US?

No one wants them to flourish here. Obviously. The point is that these are human beings who will continue to need to defecate wherever you send them. Clearing out an encampment like this is not going to stop them from shitting on a daily basis. Come up with a civilized alternative for them.

Federal work camps

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Fecal matter. TB.

And safety. How long until someone is raped or stabbed? Unfortunately, it happens. We need a solution that is compassionate for the homeless and safe for everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Fecal matter. TB.

And safety. How long until someone is raped or stabbed? Unfortunately, it happens. We need a solution that is compassionate for the homeless and safe for everyone else.

+1 Just clearing them out isn't it, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Fecal matter. TB.

And safety. How long until someone is raped or stabbed? Unfortunately, it happens. We need a solution that is compassionate for the homeless and safe for everyone else.

It's pretty clear that the mayor does not care if people in DC get raped or stabbed, by a homeless person or anyone else.

[Anonymous]

One of the few things that we agree with Trump on is to step in and take over California’s approach to the homeless. Let’s hope it works and the President does the same in DC!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The encampments are a public health disaster waiting to happen.

How so?

Seriously?

Go visit a country like India with people living and defecating in the streets. Open, raw sewage. Do you not see how that leads to health problems? TB is just one issue.

Cities in India are actually trying to clean up these settlements and you want them to flourish here in the US?

No one wants them to flourish here. Obviously. The point is that these are human beings who will continue to need to defecate wherever you send them. Clearing out an encampment like this is not going to stop them from shitting on a daily basis. Come up with a civilized alternative for them.

Federal work camps

I’m the person who said it was a public health disaster waiting to happen. Government-run “work camps“ are also notorious for epidemics. This is what my undergrad degree focused on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gotta love democratics and their governing practices.

Yes, I love democrats -- normal americans with normal standards of decency, people who care about their fellow human beings, want to help those in need and want a government that reflects their normalcy and decency by taking care of those in need rather than being heartless and indifferent to them. yes, I do love democrats.

People seem to have forgotten that Reagan closed down the mental hospitals, without an adequate solution, and the homeless problem spiraled.