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the number of people sleeping in Washington Park continues to proliferate. There are now multiple encampments of homeless living in tents throughout the park. As you can see in the pictures, they leave refuse all around their encampments and now actually bathing and in the park. it's amazing that these "Sheehan Shantytowns" are allowed to stay in place. The mayor and the APD are allowing this once pristine city resource to fall into neglect.
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David, Mayor's Office (Verified Official)
smalbany (Registered User)
Benjamin Franklin wrote:
To relieve the misfortunes of our fellow creatures is concurring with the Deity; it is godlike; but, if we provide encouragement for laziness, and supports for folly, may we not be found fighting against the order of God and nature, which perhaps has appointed want and misery as the proper punishments for, and cautions against, as well as necessary consequences of, idleness and extravagance?
PS... Love the name - Sheehan's Shantytown. Nice, cute, it fits.
DV (Registered User)
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Concerned Eye on Albany (Registered User)
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Perhaps you could invite them into your home.
Concerned Eye on Albany (Registered User)
I would much sooner invite them into my home that I would you. Caring or Godless?
smalbany (Registered User)
Concerned Eye:
You make many assumptions in your ingorance.
Are you the type that are so convinced of your rightness that you cannot open your mind to other opinions or views?
"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn"
Ben Franklin.
Concerned Eye on Albany (Registered User)
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smalbany (Registered User)
So many assumptions lacking in only facts and knowledge.
The only one speaking of Hate and Intolarence is you, Eye.
Concerned Eye on Albany (Registered User)
smalbany (Registered User)
Dear Eye,
I notice that you have brought mostly personal attacks and innuendo to this topic; you have had very little to say on the encampment in the park except to imply that I and others HATE the Poor and Homeless.
Perhaps you could comment on the issue at hand (homeless in the park) and not be attacking people you know nothing about - otherwise one could get the idea that you are the TROLL, and we would not want that.
BTW, To imply that I hate anyone, homeless or not, is inappropriate in this forum and on a personal level, insulting. Do I know you? I think not. Please explain yourself; how you have such knowledge of my likes, dislikes and preferences.
That said, your solution of hosting the homeless in your house/ yard sounds like an idea that I could support - I commend you on offering and taking these people in. You are clearly a better person then I am. Let me know how that works out for you.
p.s. Read the original quote again; It praises people like yourself that wish to help those that need help; it also questions helping those that are just lazy and homeless due to their own folly. How you got "hate the poor" or "trash the homeless" is way beyond me.
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Glenwood Partridge (Registered User)
understood. makes sense.
thanks for the info.
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