XPost: nyc.general, nyc.politics, nyc.transit 
 From: dogglebe@yahoooo.com 
  
 On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:33:35 -0800 (PST), "Phil Kane" 
  wrote: 
  
 >On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:50:30 -0500, Phil wrote: 
 > 
 >>>  You could have added:  Why are these "homeless people" (a.k.a. bums) 
 >>>  allowed to be wandering around the city without adult supervision? 
 >>> 
 >>>  With 35,000 cops, NYC could move them "elsewhere" .... maybe to a 
 >>>  warmer climate. 
 >> 
 >>They can't be forced to do anything, even if they can't take care of 
 >>themselves. 
 > 
 >  (Taking off my electronics engineer hat and putting on my attorney 
 >  hat) 
 > 
 >  I knew that -- the question I ask is WHY?  What form of (non)sense 
 >  justifies that? 
 > 
 >  My solution is to take a bum or two and deposit them on the doorstep 
 >  of those who advocate "leave them alone".  That'll change the law 
 >  "forthwith". 
 > 
 >  There are judges who I respect, and there are judges who I reject.... 
  
 I believe it was the ACLU.  They fought to make sure that the mentally 
 ill have a legal right to live on the streets if they want to. 
  
  
 Phil 
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