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- From: davidb@zeus.ce.washington.edu (David W. Barts)
- Subject: Re: government still at large (was Re: FDA still at large)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.224927.14072@u.washington.edu>
- Followup-To: sci.med,talk.politics.drugs,pnw.general
- Keywords: FDA, unconstitutional illegal action,single-issue blindness
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
- References: <1992Jul23.185038.3415@eskimo.celestial.com> <1992Jul27.163407.11060@SSD.intel.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 22:49:27 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- In article <1992Jul27.163407.11060@SSD.intel.com>, jerryg@ssd.intel.com (Jerry Gaiser) writes:
- > In article <1992Jul25.180505.2817@eskimo.celestial.com> kurt@eskimo.celestial.com (Kurt Cockrum) writes:
- > >Do you have a problem with panhandlers on the street? They are trying
- > >on a private basis to support themselves. Yet there are those who would
- > >make such acts illegal. It really sticks in some people's craw (usually
- > >some "hard-working" mean-spirited Pioneer Square boutique owner or feather
- > >merchant) to see somebody making a go of it panhandling (or trying to, at
- > >any rate), and they want to fuck it up.
- >
- > Excuse me!? Since when is panhandling a job? Panhandling is begging and if you're
- > truely hungry and homeless, there are services available (admittedly not the best).
- > Most of my research on the subject is that the majority of the money panhandled is
- > spent on alcohol or drugs. And I refuse to support either of those habits for other
- > people.
-
- [WARNING: flame alert]
-
- I trust this is the voice of experience (a person who has actually
- lived on the streets) speaking, not just another white middle class
- suburban computer professional who is angry at the poor for existing
- because they interfere with his ability to delude himself into
- believing a falsely rosy picture of the current state of American
- society.
-
- --
- David Barts N5JRN UW Civil Engineering, FX-10
- davidb@ce.washington.edu Seattle, WA 98195
-