XPost: nyc.general, nyc.politics, nyc.transit 
 From: pickin's@nyc.rr.com 
  
 Phil wrote: 
 > 
 > 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. 
  
 They fought so people cannot be rounded up by the State like cattle. 
  
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