Cities are cutting funds to shelters and outlawing the sleeping in public spaces...

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richardhutnik said:

blkfish92 said:
Ha! Next you know things will worsen and we'll develop, "Camps" for the underprivileged homeless. Something needs to be done.

Considering what is happening with Occupy, such camps will be seen as illegal, and not allowed either.

One would think that, yes.

Why this massive mobilisation against these not-yet-fully-articulated, unarmed, inchoate people? After all, protesters against the war in Iraq, Tea Party rallies and others have all proceeded without this coordinated crackdown. Is it really the camping? As I write, two hundred young people, with sleeping bags, suitcases and even folding chairs, are still camping out all night and day outside of NBC on public sidewalks – under the benevolent eye of an NYPD cop – awaiting Saturday Night Live tickets, so surely the camping is not the issue. I was still deeply puzzled as to why OWS, this hapless, hopeful band, would call out a violent federal response.

And then there was the madness surrounding Black Friday, which for some reason recieves the blessing of police forces around the country.  I can't help but wonder why.