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To: Neocon who wrote (51692)	10/24/2000 6:09:58 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<There are shelters to accommodate most, as well as rent subsidies. Most of the homeless want to be on the street. I think we should bite the bullet, and declare most of them incompetent, and take them in. >> Where I live there are more shelters than homeless people. We have several programs depending on the needs of the homeless. The low end is 3 hots and a flop (3 meals and a bed) the high end is buying families a house. There is even a retreat with cabins on the lake for abused women. Not one cent comes from the government.

To: Neocon who wrote (51692)	10/25/2000 2:59:41 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Our current laws require that one be a danger to himself or others to be involuntarily committed. I think this is fair, if one accepts the idea of individual freedom (which I do). I think vagrancy is a human right. Jesus had no fixed address and wandered over Judea, begging food and sleeping where he lay. The homeless are certainly an inconvenience to more settled people, but the streets are public, and as long as they don't block traffic, I don't think we should interfere their freedom to do just as they wish. I think if you reread your message, you may want to change it. I don't sling around "fascist" and "authoritarian" but those are the words your posts being immediately to my mind.