I live in an area of the UK with more than its share of beggars, shoplifters, alcoholics and smackheads. They are seemingly attracted to this area from across the UK because it appears to be an easy touch and there seems to be homeless shelters everywhere (all of them full). While I would agree we all have a responsibility to help those who would help themselves and those who are unable to help themselves this should be a local responsibilty to local people. No local authority or local population should be expected to have a duty of care for those who dont care. If they belong to the area fine it is our responsibility to support them and get them into programmes, if necessary, if not we should provide them with a one way ticket home.
I appreciate there will be cases where this might not be feasible i.e. where there has been abuse or violence but all of society should be looking for an answer to this problem.
2006-08-09
06:21:08
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bob kerr
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