John Wilkes Booth

i mean what we should do is just use tax money to put these people in some sort of institution... depending on the reason they are homeless. some are just crazy and would probably need to stay in the state's custody... others are druggies who need a serious rehab then can maybe be molded back into normal people. but since we all know that's not gonna happen, since homeless people don't vote or pay taxes, and working people are all like "i work for my money, **** giving them a free ride" so who the **** is gonna find the political will for that?

then a reasonable compromise/alternative, that would solve the homeless problem in cities while still satiating the fake 'personal responsibility' morality of the working class, is to just send all these people to some deserted island with no contact with humanity and no way to return.

think about it. homeless people are pretty resourceful when it comes to basic survival. and on a remote island they'd most likely have no choice but to abandon their drug of choice. so really this could be the perfect solution to the homeless problem in virtually every way imaginable.

thoughts?

GuD

They're homeless, not a problem. Unless they're causing problems. And most of them don't. Just leave em alone, spare what you can if you want. Or, you could actually talk to them. Wouldn't that be something.

John Wilkes Booth

dunno how the homeless are where you're from

where i'm from they wander around begging and scamming for money, usually till they get enough to score another hit, and then back to square 1

so yea that can be a problem imo

stop trynna ruin my brilliant idea with your hippy bull****

GuD

So what? They're drug users. I mean, scamming's kinda lame depending on the target but sometimes it's just like I'ma scam some yuppies because **** the system goddammit. IDK, I feel like as long as you only take from the worst and protect your own you're okay.

John Wilkes Booth

lol. well i guess every man has gotta have a code.

your code says imma just scam some yuppies and score some smack

my code says imma just round up some homeless and send them to an island, and periodically check in on their new found civilization with surveillance drones

Guybrush

I see you're doing this trolly devil's advocate thing again.

And if I were to do the same, I would agree. Shipping homeless, criminals and others who might tax a country in various ways to islands can be a really good strategy. It comes with moral and humanitarian costs, but ignoring that, the principle is sound.

There are a few practical problems, though. First, technology has made people very mobile. If they don't like the island, they will probably move away. If not by the technology available on the island, then by the help of others in the world outside it. If they don't come back to the society they got exiled from, they would simply migrate to another country and become that country's problem. So, politically it's difficult. You could keep them in a camp or something, but then it's basically just a far off prison.

When England did this and shipped people to Australia, the world was a larger place and they didn't have to worry about international politics so much. Today the world is different. Just executing people might be easier?

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The Batlord

Make them fight for food in arena death matches.

Sporting events make big bucks, fast food companies could get advertising by providing the food, and I'd finally get my chance at seeing a Roman-style gladiator match... but with chainsaws.

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Trollheart

This man gets it! Now go ring FOX....

Seriously JWB, wtf?? We have homeless people here (as I'm sure you do too) who are only homeless because they lost their jobs and could not afford to keep their houses. That's not their fault. You suggesting they should be institutionalised for that? What about our Mondo? He's homeless, living from hotel to hotel. You think he should be put away somewhere that his homeless disease can no longer hurt us?

You say some insensitive things man, but this is the limit. Are you actually serious or just trolling, cos if the former we have one big hell of a problem son.

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The Batlord

Yes.

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RoxyRollah

So you want to lock them up? Right? Institution is lock up, not that you would know you have never been locked up. But that's what that means.

See there are no laws against being homeless because in the Usa, you can be homeless if you want to. Don't give them money they aren't a problem for you that way.

I have been homeless before, a couple times, and it was because of poor choices, if the state stepped in, I'd still be homeless, just in state custody until they saw fit to release me. Once they let me out tho, still homeless.
Without state help, not homeless anymore, and won't be ever again. Lessons learned.

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