How to solve the homeless problem.

[Napoléon]

PUT FUCKING SPIKES IN THE GROUND!!



Yes, that's right, the best way to deter the homeless and solve the problem is to simply place anti-homeless spikes in the ground. Fucking genius eh?

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/...ess-spikes

Boris Johnson has called for anti-homeless spikes outside a luxury block of London flats to be removed immediately, describing them as "ugly, self-defeating and stupid".

I actually cannot believe anyone would think this is a good idea. How callous and cold hearted can you be, to think that the best way to prevent homeless people from sleeping on the street is to put spikes on the floor.

Thank fuck the Great British public are doing something about it.

[vorlon13]

It's not like they are turning the homeless into Soylent Green and eating them . . .

[Minimalist]

It's not like they are turning the homeless into Soylent Green and eating them . . .

Give them time.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Yeah, this is a personal injury lawyer's wet dream waiting to happen.

Boru

[Violet]

I can't wait for a bike to hit one~

[Fidel_Castronaut]

This comment on there I think sums up my attitude:

I can't help but feel that the outrage is misplaced. Someone will probably remove the spikes, the news media will forget about it and people will carry on being homeless.
Inhumane as the spikes are, they are not the cause of homelessness but another symptom of it.

Truth is, nobody really cares about the homeless when they walk past. I shamefully admit that I haven't offered to buy someone a coffee or some food in a very long time. Maybe I will today. It won't solve the problem, but maybe it'll make someone's life a bit better.

[Nine]

It's essentially illegal to be homeless in the UK. You aren't legally allowed to sleep in most towns or city's, and camping on just about any public land is too. What the fuck do they expect them to do? I hate seeing the police move the homeless along when they are sleeping in parks or on benches. Leave them the fuck alone, who does it harm? If they don't want homeless people ruining the view of their pretty parks then they should have put the money into safe shelters for them instead.

[BrokenQuill92]

And should some non-homeless person like say a nice blind tourist such as my self trip over one of these spikes and sue this building? Then what?

[Napoléon]

And should some non-homeless person like say a nice blind tourist such as my self trip over one of these spikes and sue this building? Then what?

Then someone is going to be making a lot of money!

[Minimalist]

And should some non-homeless person like say a nice blind tourist such as my self trip over one of these spikes and sue this building? Then what?

Well, in the US they would have bribed, uh, excuse me "campaign contributed" one of their wholly-owned subsidiaries on the local municipal government to have passed a law granting immunity to anyone who puts out such stakes.

The super rich can't stand the sight of the poor. Spoils their view of the landscape that they are polluting.