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originally posted by: Mandroid7
I get the frustration, but do you consider food safety at all?
Someone with bad intentions could rat poison hundreds of people.
Tainted foods, etc...
Should the homeless get the same protections the general public gets?
Should the sanitary conditions be watched like refrigeration of meats, doneness of meats, etc..
We've all seen the dining horror stories and those are coming from establishments that are monitored.
You have to have proper systems in place to provide food in a safe manner.
originally posted by: trollz
Exactly, this is the issue here. In theory there should be nothing wrong with providing food to the homeless, but if we just threw out food safety checks altogether, it is inevitable that some major disease outbreak would occur in a homeless population somewhere and then threaten everyone else. You don't want people eating old spoiled meat that nobody else wants. Plus, you'd be making it exceptionally easy for people to kill the homeless and get away with it by giving them tainted food. The solution isn't necessarily to just allow everyone and anyone to give whatever food they want to the homeless. You have to have proper systems in place to provide food in a safe manner.
originally posted by: ignorant_ape
a reply to: machineintelligence
i is dismayed that no one has noted the take away " logic " from this idiocy .
its quite simple :
yet the mental gymnastics is astounding .
lets parse it down
they know thier actions are illegal - so they carry firearms to discourage intervention
thats tjhe bottom line - welcome to the pits of merkin " logic "
originally posted by: stonerwilliam
It makes me angry reading stuff like this where simple logic is thrown out the window
I actually worked at a church soup kitchen years ago in the uk , A retailer gives food that would other wise go to waste to a organization who then hands bags of shopping and a hot meal to the needy and some people who turned up were working class people with cars and jobs , If they tried to bring laws in like that in the UK you would see riots
originally posted by: stonerwilliam
a reply to: Nyiah
Even a small country like the UK throws away 1.3 million tons of food per year , which is staggering if you imagine that as 30 ton truck trailer units aligned end to end , From what i have seen thrown away from my own local supermarket some nights is shocking and sickening , But i do have the best fed garden birds in the area on some of the bread and rolls that i get for cents at nights reduced
In theory there should be nothing wrong with providing food to the homeless, but if we just threw out food safety checks altogether, it is inevitable that some major disease outbreak would occur in a homeless population somewhere and then threaten everyone else. You don't want people eating old spoiled meat that nobody else wants.
Plus, you'd be making it exceptionally easy for people to kill the homeless and get away with it by giving them tainted food.
The solution isn't necessarily to just allow everyone and anyone to give whatever food they want to the homeless. You have to have proper systems in place to provide food in a safe manner.
originally posted by: Nyiah
originally posted by: stonerwilliam
a reply to: Nyiah
Even a small country like the UK throws away 1.3 million tons of food per year , which is staggering if you imagine that as 30 ton truck trailer units aligned end to end , From what i have seen thrown away from my own local supermarket some nights is shocking and sickening , But i do have the best fed garden birds in the area on some of the bread and rolls that i get for cents at nights reduced
If it were a race, we'd be in the lead by a wide margin -- as of a year or two ago, our food waste is 50 times yours
originally posted by: Mandroid7
I get the frustration, but do you consider food safety at all?
Someone with bad intentions could rat poison hundreds of people.
Tainted foods, etc...
Should the homeless get the same protections the general public gets?
Should the sanitary conditions be watched like refrigeration of meats, doneness of meats, etc..
We've all seen the dining horror stories and those are coming from establishments that are monitored.
The gun slit is stupid and good for nobody.
Is their motivation reducing dependency, or increasing safety? Idk
The other equitable option would be to remove the hoops required by restaurants when serving public.
Are these requirements more or less harsh than those imposed on restaurants?
It seems like the homeless are getting to be a big enough number that they could organize an actual food production setup for them.
Be gifted some gov land and grow crops, raise some cattle and process all in one place. Give jobs to some of the homeless to run it.idk