Comment 37351

By MattJelly (registered) - website | Posted January 24, 2010 at 19:33:28

It's true. And many people think they know the solutions to these problems- they think it's easy, and someone just isn't doing it. I spend all my time in and around the core, and I don't like being barraged by panhandlers either. But I don't pretend to know why they're there and how to get them out of their bad situation.

We can police the problem to an extent, when it comes to panhandlers who get aggressive. But most of them aren't out to hurt anyone, and they technically have the right to ask people for money. It's a human problem that needs a human solution- not more cameras, not jail, not relocation.

Plenty of Hamiltonians complain about these problems, but nobody has a surefire idea of what to do about it- aside from some who wish they could all just be put in jail or given bus tickets and sent somewhere else. I wouldn't doubt there are even some people out there who secretly wish they could all just be put to sleep. But within the bounds of what's moral and decent, I challenge "A Sign of The Times" to offer us a solution, or even something resembling a constructive thought.

I've gotten a little out of hand in this thread, unfortunately I let a troll set me off in a way that was neither professional or appropriate. I apologize, not to the troll, but to RTH and the board for ignoring the rules of etiquette. I just take these issues to heart, maybe sometimes a little too much.

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