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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't many homeless shelters close during the day? That's never made sense to me, but libraries seem to be a temperature-controlled, [b]fairly safe[/b] fallback for those on the streets. I agree that there should be other welcoming public facilities open to them during the day, but often there are not.[/quote]

When homeless get to be "fairly safe" in the library, they make it [i]less safe[/i] for everyone else, especially women and children. Great solution.  :roll:  :roll:  :roll: [/quote]

Some homeless people actually are women and children.[/quote]

x100 this. The homeless are our fellow community members, i.e., part of the public. [/quote]

Yes, and they still need to follow rules for usage of public space.  [/quote]

No one said they shouldn't. The same as if your toddler is going around bugging people and trying to rip the books.[/quote]

Nobody said that, but there is a superwoke response that "homeless people have just as many rights to use the library, how dare you!!," which ignores the fact that they indeed pose big challenges to librarians to keep the library safe and clean.  avoiding reality doesn't help anyone. [/quote]

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