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[quote=Anonymous]Libraries need to have the same types of behavioral rules as the shelters, i.e., no intoxication. I also don't think libraries should have to tolerate extreme hygiene issues. Just because some of the homeless don't want to avail themselves of services that would provide showers, e.g., doesn't mean that the librarians and other library patrons need to be subjected to having the library smell like a port-a-john. Our local DC library does not permit adults unaccompanied by children to be on the children's floor. I completely agree with that as well. And yes, I do have sympathy for the homeless and appreciate that mental illness, severe poverty, abuse and addiction issues have brought people to that state and actively give and volunteer at local shelters. But I do not believe in allowing the local public libraries to be de facto shelters.[/quote]
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