Spikes to deter the homeless..

[amalan11]

I think this is an interesting fuss in the UK...first a unit block now a supermarket have installed spikes in the ground  to stop people sleeping outside their premises.I can see it seems mean but I would not be happy to have homeless people sleeping outside my home or work.It is an unfortunate truth that most of them have issues or beg and I will avoid places if that kind of person is around .

I think it should be legal to do it if you want and feel it is needed .

The supermarket has just had radicals ruin their spikes with concrete poured over them even though actual customers were complaining of being harassed by people sleeping outside .I wonder how common this kind of thing will become  and if we will see human pigeon spikes here in Australia?

[boris1gary]

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@crystal**flake wrote:

I feel that tthe spikes are ok around business' and housing.

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where do you suggest homeless people sleep?

[the_bob_delusion]

Tough one. Supposely you put a sign saying don't sleep here. Do you think this will work as well?

If you say it's inhumane, why wouldn't you offer your own home to them. Either you're a hypocrite or you don't care. Choose your poison. 

[*pepe]

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

Tough one. Supposely you put a sign saying don't sleep here. Do you think this will work as well?

If you say it's inhumane, why wouldn't you offer your own home to them. Either you're a hypocrite or you don't care. Choose your poison. 

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you can call me a hypocrite if you like but no, i don't invite strangers into my home, regardless of their status.

[the_bob_delusion]

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@*pepe wrote:

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

Tough one. Supposely you put a sign saying don't sleep here. Do you think this will work as well?

If you say it's inhumane, why wouldn't you offer your own home to them. Either you're a hypocrite or you don't care. Choose your poison. 

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you can call me a hypocrite if you like but no, i don't invite strangers into my home, regardless of their status.

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Would you let them sleep outside your front door then? Even that is still inhumane wouldn't you say?

[*pepe]

i'd give them a cardboard box, i'm caring like that.

[boris1gary]

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

Tough one. Supposely you put a sign saying don't sleep here. Do you think this will work as well?

If you say it's inhumane, why wouldn't you offer your own home to them. Either you're a hypocrite or you don't care. Choose your poison. 

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it's not really up to you ask a question, then only give your own 2 answers as options though is it? 

[*pepe]

bob likes to appear controversial, edgy and knowledgeable, unfortunately his responses don't always reflect that.

[jimmy*part4]

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@**what_would_bob_do** wrote:

Tough one. Supposely you put a sign saying don't sleep here. Do you think this will work as well?

If you say it's inhumane, why wouldn't you offer your own home to them. Either you're a hypocrite or you don't care. Choose your poison. 

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it's not really up to you ask a question, then only give your own 2 answers as options though is it? 

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You're right Boris. I didn't expect anyone to offer me to stay at their home, or business, or in front of either. I didn't ask for givernment assistance either, although being under age that might have been a problem anyway.

Our rain water drains from the streets into sumps. They're deep wide holes with slanted sides dug down to allow water to drain back into the ground. There a thousands of them on the island and I found them to be a good place to sleep and not be bothered. I guess even the cops didn't want to go there, lol.

I feel sorry for the ones in the city. How do they manage? It must be tough always being told to move along.

They've since cleared this place out, but I wouldn't have minded living in there....not for too long though.

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This one goes into more detail...27 minutes

[boris1gary]

Jimmy, I can't really imagine how terrible it must be to find yourself homeless (for whatever reason). Wouldn't drain things be dangerous? I would try and stay close to buildings for safety reasons if i was homeless. I would be too terrified to go into a park or anywhere hidden away.  

[jimmy*part4]

It didn't bother me one bit, I was finally free! The only time I've ever been scared was before I escaped. I guess it would be the same type of fear if I was captured by the taliban. I've faced death since, but didn't have one shred of fear, but being held captive, being tortured not know if today is your last day and possibly die in a horrible way.

To this day when I see an empty wooded lot I think, "I could live there".

The only dangers of sleeping in the sumps...rats, raccoons, possums, and bugs!! Most are wooded with lots of animals, some have water year round with goldfish and carp, and some are always dry. I can still remember the exact directions to navigate the tunnels from one sump to another. They're small tunnels that you could crawl through and you could only stand up when you reached a manhole.