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PDX homeless camps:update

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  • Goduckies
    Goduckies Member Posts: 8,082 Standard Supporter
    SFGbob said:

    Legalizing drug use made the problem worse. All of these camps are filled with stolen materials. Enforce the law. And yes, if that means locking up homeless people then do it. There is no right to live on the streets, and commit crimes and do drugs.

    There is in pdx
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  • Goduckies
    Goduckies Member Posts: 8,082 Standard Supporter
    46XiJCAB said:

    SFGbob said:

    46XiJCAB said:

    SFGbob said:

    Legalizing drug use made the problem worse. All of these camps are filled with stolen materials. Enforce the law. And yes, if that means locking up homeless people then do it. There is no right to live on the streets, and commit crimes and do drugs.

    I listened to an editor from the W-Weekly and I was actually quite surprised with his take on the whole PDX homeless camp problem. The dude was to the Right of Lars Larson on this. They have a piece out now. We have laws against illegal chop shops but somehow the homeless have them set up and no one cares.
    Public dumping, fires, stolen materials, there are any number of violations that you could be citing and prosecuting these homeless camps for. I don't have a problem using the jail system to incarcerate and institutionalize these people.
    If you were a PDX homeowner and you decided to use your front yard as a garbage dump, how long before the fines start mounting and the city moves to declare your place a public health hazard?

    You have homeless camps here where the garbage is just flowing down hillsides and nothing is done. Imagine the rats around these places. There have been seven homeless people who have burned to death when their place went up in flames. I've seen some shit driving through PDX and I just SMH.
    But they care about the environment
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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,680
    The homeless are just minding their business

    But even if they aren't it's your fault for participating in capitalism
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  • Fire_Marshall_Bill
    Fire_Marshall_Bill Member Posts: 26,139 Standard Supporter
    Pitchfork51 said:

    The homeless are just minding their business

    But even if they aren't it's your fault for participating in capitalism

    You should let them stay in your house and drive your car. That spare bedroom is just sitting there. You should also let marginalized trans BIPOC do the same thing.
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