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To: tejek who wrote (450851)	1/26/2009 12:49:23 PM
From: TimF	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574006

When you pretend that people aren't homeless, because they live in shelters........that's being inhumane. 1 - She didn't pretend they are not homeless, she directly called them homeless. 2 - She was right that they aren't what most people think of as homeless. It wasn't "people in shelters", it was people in long term shelters (so they have a reliable roof over their head every night, people who have to try to get a spot each night wouldn't fall under this category) and not just those people, but also people living with relatives or friends, when they aren't paying rent or otherwise in a solid long term housing situation. Neither of these groups has a situation anywhere near ideal, but both groups are legitimately in a different category from those sleeping on the street, or struggling to find a shelter space each night. Beyond all that your letting your angle for an attack against her, legitimate or not, become a distraction from the issue at hand. The point is that stories portraying very large numbers of Vietnam, and now Iraq vets as homeless psychotics who are a danger to themselves and/or others give a distorted image of reality, with vets not being particularly prone to being homeless or having higher than normal suicide and murder rates. Pretending vets are frequently deranged and dangerous does a disservice to them.