Maybe should of not skip class? maybe should of get education and go to good college??? Maybe get job???
this stat is very misleading. go to any area populized with the homeless and your stats will differ every time. it's not as if they consulted every homeless person. this stat was strictly confined to one area.
This is a great topic. I personally think that you can't solve their problems no matter how much money you sink into them. You shouldn't catch fish for people, you should teach them to fish. I am not against helping people, but solving problems for people makes them lazy. I don't have a job right now so I need to get off my butt and go find one. That is, unless one of you wants to start a fund for me?
Yeah it's nice to help out your fellow humans and do what's right, I'm for that, BUT a lot of the money you give them is just wasted on the wrong things. They could be going to shelter and food kitchens like previously said but they decide to be lazy and just sit in the park.
you really think so? the stats are from HUD conducted "by the Interagency Council on the Homeless is their National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC) done in 1996." http://www.huduser.org/ read the quote I posted with stats. Does the posting of the results of that study really offend people?
Any of y'all been out to San Francisco lately? My wife and I *used to* love to walk that town for exercise. Over the past decade it's gotten ridiculously infested with filthy, increasingly aggressive panhandlers--so much so, we don't want to visit out there again. There's no real cure yet for what ails most of these folks. Let's hope one comes along.
I agree...you know...there is no other way to take care of them. Plus did you know that alot of homeless people try to get put in jail anyway? It isnt about being un-compassionate...these people, most of them at least are well enough to stand on a curb, walk up to your window and ask for money...this means they are well enough to clean up somehow, walk to a business and ask for a job. They can sell newspapaers as some do and i will give them a 5 for a paper and let them keep change. They can work as a janitor...anything like that. I get tired of people wanting the government to give everything to everyone. Get out get a job and make something of yourselves and make a living and climb the ladder. Dont get mad cause someone else got the education, looks nice and cares to be something with the life God has blessed us all with.
Actually like it says in the article, it is going to be a court to attract the B-Ballers in H-Town. The court itself will be placed more near towrds the La Branch side of the site, closer to the Rockets Practice facility in which it will have a pretty good view. This is in an effort to bring the team closer to the city and its fans. It will also give inspiriation to the players on the Rockets squad, reminding many of them of there roots as young B-Ballers just like those out on the courts. This will also give inspiriation to the young B-Ballers who are hoping one day to be across La Branch one day in the Rockets practice gym as players themselves. The park will still bare the same name 'Roots Memorial Square" but word is that in an effort to make the court more appealing locally and nationally for urban street youth, the park might be marketed under a working nickname being "The Roots" referring to the fact that courts like this one help serve as "the roots" to many NBA stars skills and games and still at the same time pay homage to its founder and original namesake, Alexander Roots. And I heard someone mention tailgating.........dont know if it was on this thread but this should appeal to those tailgaters. The park will also be used for pre-game activities sponsored by the Rockets and other organizations in an effort to rev up fans emotions and get the ready to be loud and rowdy before game time. And on the homeless situation............. I am from NY and have seen the "homeless heaven" under the "Dinkens" era. And while I hate and pitty the site of these beggers without a life...................I will say this in there defense. They are humans too..........and some with actaul feelings and emotions, go figure! Yes, we do need to get them off of our streets but throwing them in jail for doing nothing is WRONG. How would you like it if you were thrown in jail simply because you wnet to your home......or in there case shelter, and simply slept and caused no harm to anyone or anything? That would be pretty cruel. I say if we are going to get them off of our streets, we need to take advantage of them and there pathetic situation. Most of them are just looking, BEGGING for money. The city should give them a job............like maybe lawn mowing weedy overgrown green piececs on city owned easements along streets. Or maybe even sanitary engineers (garbage man for those who need lamus terms). In that way, we could get them off of our streets and they could ACTUALLY help clean up our streets. And best of all, they would have money and wouldnt have to beg me all the damn time. And for those Homeless who dont want to comply and help clean up Houston and get paid too, then we throw there sorry, dirty asses in jail. Letem' drop the soap in County Cell Block 6. That horrifing experience will change there minds in a hurry. :eek
tigereye, I think your idea for the homeless is an excellent idea. If the city is going to provide a shelter and basic medical needs then they can work in a capacity such as keeping the city clean. Earning a little extra walking around money might also be good for how they feel about themselves. They could feel good about providing a service for the city and the city could feel better about not giving a hand out since the people would be earning their money and their shelter.
No....not Electoral College. Two words - Jeb Bush. Anyway, this issue is a serious one that a generic solution cannot solve. Just housing and feeding this disadvantaged folks is good but not good enough. Spiritual, physical and physically REHABILITATION is the key. Rehab them so that they can believe in themselves again. Rehab them so that they can be cured of their ill mental states. Rehab them so that the revival be deep and long lasting rather than the shallow and generic ones some have already surgested.
Welp, let's put it this way Dan: The 19th century way of dealing with the mentally ill was to place them in a sanitarium. As dementia was fairly common (i.e. third stage syphillus and other disease induced dementias added to the issues), sanitaria were pretty full places. The 21st century method of dealing with the mildly mentally ill is to ignore their mental illness, declare them "cured" whether they take their medication or not, and let them die of starvation on our city streets. Why do we do this? Because it's cheaper that way. To be plain, the 19th century approach, while shot through with ignorance and abuse, seems both more humane and more Christian. Dave.
