I've a friend who helped run a day center for homeless in London for a year and what he's told me of it pretty much concurs with what you mention below. A similar but different issue in Ireland was an initiative to provide housing for traveling itinerants (Irish version of Gypsies, as in the movie Snatch) and most of them just don't want to settle, so it never really took off. So now they're provided halting sites where they hook up their caravans to water/electricity etc. (You should see the political wars created by site location proposals).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 15:37 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Ouch There's already plenty of money for that. Most of the assistance programs in many urban centers go begging for homeless to participate. I did a story about a homeless shelter in San Diego that always had beds open while there were hundreds of homeless people in the area. The homeless people were quite up front about why they didn't go to that or any other shelter -- all of the shelters expected them to get their lives together -- get off drugs/drink, wake up at a prescribed time in the morning, do chores, do job training. They didn't want any of that. Temporary unemployment aside -- in this country, the people who want to work and have shelter, do have work and have shelter. There are endless opportunities for people of drive and discipline. Throwing more money at the homeless isn't going to do one whit of good. H. -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 12:19 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Ouch > Again -- I say -- since there is no logical reason not to build it, > and since it will have so many practical benefits beyond just > providing defense -- I say why not build it. How about spending the money helping homeless people find a living? Benjamin ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 6:38 PM Subject: RE: Ouch > Actually, the Lone Gunman had them flying into the WTC. But the terrorists > were directing the plane through computer hacking, not through > physical presence. It was the premier episode of the series. I bet > it's never shown > on TV again. > > But just because people have thought of it, doesn't have anything to > do with > judging how remote a possibility it is. Obviously, people have > thought of some rich guy buying an ICBM and launching at the U.S. The > TV show the Agency had an episode where a terrorist bought an entire > Soviet sub, including crew and weapons (the CIA stopped delivery, of > course). > > Again -- I say -- since there is no logical reason not to build it, > and since it will have so many practical benefits beyond just > providing defense -- I say why not build it. > > H. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:15 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Ouch > > > At 12:07 AM 12/15/01, Howard wrote: > >Before Sept. 11, the thought of two planes flying into the WTC was "remote > >at best." > > Just a few weeks before the September 11 incident, the television Lone > Gunman had an episode about a plane flying into a skyscraper. > > Tom Clancy's book Sum of all Fears ends with a plane being flown by a > terrorist into the White House. > > So obviously some people had thought of it. The military supposedly > even had a scenario for it. > > My problem with all of this is the government's lack of action to > prevent known threats while spinning about how we need to protect > against threats that are improbable. > > It's about priorities, and the government's priorities have been > screwed for years. > > I could give you a list of 50+ scenarios where kamikaze terrorists > could bring this country to its knees and the government has no > protection against any of them. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
