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Re: “How the hell we can get these people off the streets?” - rjmacs - 09-13-2019
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Past_Tense,_Part_I_(episode) Star Trek: Deep Space 9, S03-E11
Homeless Camp in Sanctuary District A in San Francisco, shortly before the Bell Riots (2024).
That's a hilarious stage - clearly designed by someone who has never actually visited a refugee camp of any sort...
Re: “How the hell we can get these people off the streets?” - testcase - 09-14-2019
Maybe they can revive "Soylent Green"........ :oldfogey:
Re: “How the hell we can get these people off the streets?” - Sarcany - 09-14-2019
George Carlin had the idea of calling people "houseless" as a more appropriate appellation.
It provides an accurate description of the problem and a guide to the solution quite succinctly.
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Found it!
I got an idea about homelessness. You know what they ought to do? Change the name of it. Change the name! It’s not homelessness, it’s houselessness! It’s houses these people need! A home is an abstract idea, a home is a setting, it’s a state of mind. These people need houses; physical, tangible structures. They need low-cost housing...