It is now illegal....

[hardnox71]

to give food to homeless people on the street in Las Vegas. I just heard it on the news two minutes ago. You could be faced with a $1,000 fine if you are caught giving a plate of food to someone who is hungry.

Un-fucking-believeable. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[hardnox71]

I mean, this is a perfect example of 'too much time on your fucking hands'. With all the shit that is wrong in our society, in our cities, in our communities and neighborhoods, this is the kind of shit that gets the politicans' attention.

Child molesters are moving in next door to grade schools but no one is worried about that, nooooooooo, but these motherfuckers are trippin' if you give food to someone who doesn't have shit.

Just stupid.

[DIGI]

Repent. The end is near.

[King PSYZ]

first I've heard of that, and I live here.:confused:

[hardnox71]

first I've heard of that, and I live here.:confused:
I'm watching the 4:00 news on channel 7 and the story ran about 10 minutes ago.

[sercomdj01]

is it legal to kick em? Bet it is...

And some americans wonder why the world mocks them :rolleyes:

[hardnox71]

is it legal to kick em? Bet it is...

And some americans wonder why the world mocks them :rolleyes:
Normally I would take offense to that but I have to agree with you. We should be mocked. This is some absolutely retartded, emabarrassing bullshit.

[sercomdj01]

Normally I would take offense to that but I have to agree with you. We should be mocked. This is some absolutely retartded, emabarrassing bullshit.

Aye i know. I wasnt been offensive. I am intellegent enough to understand the difference between sterotype and people. Pluss i know what your country is going though as i know about our own george bush (margerat thatcher) quite enough. And i don't wanna be alll melodrematic. But the country still feels her evil effects 15 odd years after. I know bush leaves soon, but you'll still be fucked for a while after i'm afraid :(

[enree erzweglle]

My city enacted strict laws about the homeless although I don't think the laws go so far as to prevent the giver from doing a thing. The laws more center on what the homeless person himself can/cannot do. Like s/he cannot approach people who are x yards from an ATM or X yards from a bus stop. Stuff like that.

I don't really care about that law. I still help them out when it feels right to me to do so. I get an instinct and I act on it. If I don't get this particular feeling, I don't do anything aside of smile and say hello and actually answer their question when they ask it.

[hardnox71]

I know bush leaves soon, but you'll still be fucked for a while after i'm afraid :(
Oh, we're screwed for years.

What annoys me about this homeless thing is that there so so much more important shit to worry about and vote on and spend taxpayer money on instead of this trivial bullshit. It doesn't make any sense.

[Shinmeiryuu]

I mean, this is a perfect example of 'too much time on your fucking hands'. With all the shit that is wrong in our society, in our cities, in our communities and neighborhoods, this is the kind of shit that gets the politicans' attention.

Child molesters are moving in next door to grade schools but no one is worried about that, nooooooooo, but these motherfuckers are trippin' if you give food to someone who doesn't have shit.

Just stupid.

Took the words right out of my mouth. What the hell is wrong with politicians?

[hardnox71]

My city enacted strict laws about the homeless although I don't think the laws go so far as to prevent the giver from doing a thing. The laws more center on what the homeless person himself can/cannot do. Like s/he cannot approach people who are x yards from an ATM or X yards from a bus stop. Stuff like that.
This law in Vegas specifically focuses on feeding the homeless on the street.

[sercomdj01]

Over hear homeless people are given a magazene to sell (http://www.bigissue.com/).

[sercomdj01]

Took the words right out of my mouth. What the hell is wrong with politicians?

I think the question should be what "Isn't"

[hardnox71]

Over hear homeless people are given a magazene to sell (http://www.bigissue.com/).
Yeah, they have one here in Chicago, too. It's called Streetwise but I can't find the site.

[enree erzweglle]

This law in Vegas specifically focuses on feeding the homeless on the street.I got that.

I often (and I mean often) buy people food and give it to them. I do it when I feel that instinct. It's terrible to restrict someone from doing a thing that they perceive to be good.

[Shinmeiryuu]

I think the question should be what "Isn't"

Hmm. Good point.

[sercomdj01]

Yeah, they have one here in Chicago, too. It's called Streetwise but I can't find the site.

Its a good idea. Society should do more to help these people. Its not an easy life. New york is the place i saw the most homeless people. It seemed like from the american dream there is a long way to fall. I found it quite shocking.

[enree erzweglle]

Its a good idea. Society should do more to help these people. Its not an easy life. New york is the place i saw the most homeless people. It seemed like from the american dream there is a long way to fall. I found it quite shocking.When I was in Washington (DC) in the Spring, there was a church-based group (just some teenaged boys, really, and their pastor) who would go to this particular square and unload food and water from the back of their (old and run-down) van. The homeless guys who were there were there waiting for that van and there weren't enormous numbers of guys, but there were enough that what those people were doing was making a difference in easing the pain in some of their lives.

That was one of these weird lightbulb moments for me. I don't know--you sometimes go through a minute in slow motion and something in that makes you realize that it's a big minute even though the thing that you're realizing seems inconsequential and really kind of obvious.

But how much money do I flat-out waste each month on crap that I don't need. If I take even just a portion of that and couple up with a person or two like me, we could do that in my own city. Nothing formal. Nothing over the top. Just some comfort, something to break up the day.

What are the consequences to that person or to people who are affected by that, who witness it the way I did: huge. What are the consequences to my own budget: terribly minimal.

[hardnox71]

Its a good idea. Society should do more to help these people. Its not an easy life. New york is the place i saw the most homeless people. It seemed like from the american dream there is a long way to fall. I found it quite shocking.
I'm not trying to say that the homeless should get all types of handouts and shit like that. That's no good. If you keep giving someone something they will never get up off their ass and go get it for themselves. I know. I've been there. When you start involving city funding, government funding and other shit like that then there are alot of things that you just can't do. But when an individual person reaches into their pocket and goes to Mc Donalds and buys a cheeseburger, fries and a Coke and gives to someone sleeping on a park bench and then gets arrested and is smacked with a $1,000 fine at the court date (plus court costs), that is unreal.

[Rawr]

if you give a mouse a cookie..








it's like the signs say, don't feed the birds.

[abcdefz]

It's a revenue thing. If you feed homeless people on the streets, they'll stay on the streets, and Vegas' rep as a seedy place to go will continue to grow.

I'm not saying it's right; I'm just 98% sure that's where the city is coming from. Heck, I think there's at least one city (Phoenix?) that has made homelessness illegaql, and busses any vagrants out rather than jail them.

[jabumbo]

they just need a foodbank

[Leonie]

that's unbelievable. whats wrong with giving people food, money i might understand, but wtf really

is it true that in the USA if a person for example gets hit by a car (and need medical help) and someone calls an ambulance that that someone has to pay for it? if thats true there wont be much people that help right?

[zippo]

I often (and I mean often) buy people food and give it to them.

haha! ok but stop saying it!

[enree erzweglle]

haha! ok but stop saying it!
I didn't realize that I said it a lot. Actually, I don't know that I've even mentioned it before but sure, I'll stop.

[buddylee]

give them a beer, a poker chip

or as I do when I get hit up for money .... I offer them a job , tell them get in the car Im going to work right now. Never been taking up on that.

[Loppfessor]

I often (and I mean often) buy people food and give it to them. I do it when I feel that instinct.

Me too, it's called dating........baaazing! But seriously that's very nice of you. I give spare change and such that's bout it

[King PSYZ]

they just need a foodbank
Vegas used to have all kinds of different resources and the drunk ass mayor got rid of them all.