Saving For a Space Ship Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 city ordinance makes sharing food a citable offense. rt.com/usa/201983-florida-homeless-hate-law/ Florida police handed out citations and threatened to arrest two priests and a 90-year-old veteran volunteer for feeding the homeless. A recently passed city ordinance makes sharing food a citable offense. Fort Lauderdale police removed at least three volunteers, as well as the Sunday lunch they were serving to several dozen homeless people, citing a controversial new ordinance that prohibits food sharing. Passed in October, the measure was created to try to cut down the growing population of homeless people in Fort Lauderdale. In video footage from Sunday, three police officers arrive and interrupt the feeding program by removing 90-year-old Arnold Abbott, the Rev. Canon Mark Sims of St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, and the Rev. Dwayne Black of the Sanctuary Church. A chorus of protest erupts from the crowd and follows the officers as they take the men to their patrol cards – “Shame on you, arresting an elderly man!” someone in the crowd says. “The whole world is watching!” says another....... ........The ban on sharing food is part of city officials’ recent efforts to cut down on the burgeoning downtown homeless population. The most recent law – passed by a 4-1 vote – limits where outdoor feeding can be located. It can’t be situated near another feeding site; it has to be at least 500 feet from residential property; and feed program organizers must seek permission from property owners for sites in front of their buildings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200p Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) In the Star Trek future, poverty has been eliminated, but not in the way you might imagine. In the future, there won't be a poor part of society, as they will be recycled in big machines. Edited November 4, 2014 by 200p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interestrateripoff Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 How long before they just execute the worthless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 In the Star Trek future, poverty has been eliminated, but not in the way you might imagine. In the future, there won't be a poor part of society, as they will be recycled in big machines. You are confusing Star Trek with Soylent Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 How long before they just execute the worthless? The Obsolete Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) The Obsolete Man. Did you mean this classic ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUi0M_JQWXE Edited November 4, 2014 by Saving For a Space Ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikthe20 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Did you mean this classic ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUi0M_JQWXE Superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 How ******ing depressing . Instead of asking why these people are homeless (the economy stupid), just punish them. Fixing the symptoms rather than the cause. They banned feeding the pigeons in London for the same reasons. Homeless=pigeons ...at least the pigeons had a nest to go home to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest UK Debt Slave Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Now just think about all the millions of people in the UK who will reach retirement age with virtually no pension provision It's going to be bloody awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 It's something discussed in the UK too.Does providing a feeding station bring more people into an area? Yes. Is it then fair on the local tax payers to have to fund more homeless services than other areas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Did you mean this classic ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUi0M_JQWXE Great stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timak Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 It's something discussed in the UK too. Does providing a feeding station bring more people into an area? Yes. Is it then fair on the local tax payers to have to fund more homeless services than other areas? Step 1 - dehumanise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Now just think about all the millions of people in the UK who will reach retirement age with virtually no pension provision It's going to be bloody awful Im looking forward to my daily stroll to the feeding station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 It's something discussed in the UK too. Does providing a feeding station bring more people into an area? Yes. Is it then fair on the local tax payers to have to fund more homeless services than other areas? Not in my backyard.....is not the attitude to have, you can't push it under the rug or stick your neck in the ground, it is real alive and kicking.....affluent places will always attract people with nothing but their cheap labour to give, the work they offer up that doesn't pay enough to live on living in an expensive place......affluent places need people like that to employ on the cheap, (cooks, maids, drivers, nannies, factory workers,) that is how they get rich.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulParanoia Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 > Does providing a feeding station bring more people into an area? > Yes. > Is it then fair on the local tax payers to have to fund more homeless services than other areas? Maybe each area should have an obligation to feed the local homeless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) Im looking forward to my daily stroll to the feeding station. Who said anything about a stroll, which costs valuable shoe synthi sole & calories . You'll be getting this with nutrients in ... Edited November 4, 2014 by Saving For a Space Ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cid Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Next, there'll be a law banning rainwater collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Who said anything about a stroll, which costs valuable shoe synthi sole & calories . You'll be getting this with nutrients in ... My kids will think I were Locky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Step 1 - dehumanise Yes. Feeding people for one night at a time isn't the answer is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Next, there'll be a law banning rainwater collection. http://www.enlight-inc.com/blog/?p=1036 Not yet. As of March 22, 2014; after hours of ongoing research for the past year, I have checked all 50 state government websites and found that there is currently, no state government law in the U.S. that considers rainwater harvesting by individuals (homeowners) in a direct manor and bluntly, “against the law” for anyone and everyone and furthermore, “government” is not becoming “more restrictive with rain water harvesting”- yet; but it may happen in the future. One exception is Colorado, where there are still limitations for some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Yes. Feeding people for one night at a time isn't the answer is it. No, they need barbed wire on all the chairs and nearby walls too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverwhere Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Next, there'll be a law banning rainwater collection. Not in Florida, but... Although it is permissible to direct your residential property roof downspouts toward landscaped areas, unless you own a specific type of exempt well permit, you cannot collect rainwater in any other manner, such as storage in a cistern or tank, for later use. Please review our publications below, as well as links to CSU Extension's information on this topic and Colorado law on the subject as written in the Colorado Revised Statutes, before completing and submitting an Application for a Rooftop Precipitation Collection System Permit. If your well has not been registered, you will also need to Register an Existing Well before applying. http://water.state.co.us/SURFACEWATER/SWRIGHTS/Pages/RainwaterGraywater.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Loo Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Not in Florida, but... http://water.state.co.us/SURFACEWATER/SWRIGHTS/Pages/RainwaterGraywater.aspx Isnt that a desert? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverwhere Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Isnt that a desert? Nah it's mainly a forested, mountainous area (think skiing in Aspen, which is in Colorado). AFAIK the desert states are leaning more towards mandatory rainwater collection for new builds. Wouldn't surprise me if Florida went the other way though given that particular state's general tendency for legislative ludicrousness, as demonstrated by their criminalization of the sharing of food... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord D'arcy Pew Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) So, if Jesus tried his bread and fishes thing in Florida, he would be arrested. God bless America, well most of it. They'll be picking on the chesse makers next. Helping ISIS by making the curds go a whey. Edit to add the Python bit. Edited November 4, 2014 by Lord D'arcy Pew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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