Communism in action

[AtW]

In my city the main impediment to getting the homeless off the street is the requirement to enroll on a detox program.

A bit odd to expect somebody with a serious addiction to agree to that voluntarily...

[minestrone]

The homeless these days look more like survivors from a nuclear winter. The spice and fake vallums have completely bongoed their brains.

Institutionalisation is the only realistic option now. Can't house themselves. Hostels are just enabling them.

[Zigenare]

The regime in North Korea is appalling and many atrocities are carried out however, there are also a significant amount of fake news generated about North Korea and this smells like another one.

In a similar way I have spoken to foreigners who go on about some fictitious accusations about British history. I tell them, why make up fake history when there are so many real atrocities to quote.

FOP

[Gibbon]

A bit odd to expect somebody with a serious addiction to agree to that voluntarily...

No its not, addiction is the root of most of their problems, and its not cold turkey either, its a gradual withdrawal and help getting cleaned up and functioning again. If you've got them off the street how are they going to fund their addiction or do you advocate the council providing hard drugs for them?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Why not?

Up until about 1970 when the Septics stuck their oar in, medical prescriptions for hard drugs were available in this country.

Of course this didn't suit the enthusiastic Septic supporters of the 18th Amendment who were so impressed with the success thereof that they wanted to ban everything.