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Originally Posted by rofina
The end game?
- Don't have public spaces taken up by drug users
- Don't have used needles discarded on school grounds, playgrounds, all other public spaces
- Don't have endless tent cities pop up in public spaces
- Don't have people shooting up and defecating in public, on public property
- Don't have people shoot each other and claim VPD has no jurisdiction
- Don't have open air stolen goods markets and pretend like its great for the local economy
- Don't have people living in inhumane conditions spreading disease
And if freedom is what they want, freedom comes with responsibilities. I have freedom to drive as fast as I want. Just the same way a user has freedom to shoot up. I get caught speeding one too many times, I lose my license. Action meet consequence. A user gets caught leaving needles in unacceptable places, shooting up in public, multiple times - precisely ZERO repercussions.
To sum up - allow freedom wanting individuals to face the repercussions of that freedom without subsidizing the consequences. It applies us, but for some reason not them.
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I agree with a lot of what you said, but in my career i've seen the absolute worst in people. People that will look you straight in the face and lie. You have of mix of Mental Illness, Addiction, Unpredictable behaviour and so on. Comparing them to us would be unfair.
I think the real endgame is figuring out if there is ever going to be a solution for keeping the homeless off the street. Is there a middle ground? Is that homeless camps, Govt controlled and funded?
But it takes an organised effort and we have the start of that.
Once the Election is over, winter has passed and covid has a vaccine treatment. Will everything go back to normal or will we still be farther ahead than before?
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