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Typical red states. The cruelty is the point.
Here in New York City folks were distributing free bagels to the homeless. Out of concern for the food safety aspect of it all, our government helpfully disrupted the work and dumped bleach over the bagels to protect the needy from potentially unsafe food.
When the authorities finished their good work, the hungry folks proceeded to eat bleach-tainted bagels.
Governments don't need to be red to do awfully stupid awful things.
I agree with you, but that line of thought doesn't apply here. Houston is famously one of the big three blue bastions in Texas, arguably the bluest, and this is a city ordinance. As a Texan, I'd expect this ordinance literally anywhere except Houston, honestly (and possibly Austin).
I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but Houston's approach to homelessness is considered by some to be one of the most successful in the nation, and one of the components as I understand is to coordinate care for the homeless through a central agency, which then refers individuals to other programs and agencies. The idea is that it reduces duplication of effort. I'm not sure if this ordinance is related, though.
I mean, in that case, it seems to me that the right move is to add Food Not Bombs to the network and allow the city to refer people to them. This is a group of people who clearly care about their community, and they should be given every tool to help them succeed.
Yeah absolutely. Please don't take from my earlier comment that I agree that this group should have been ticketed.