Martin C   82 #1717 Posted January 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Cyclone said: So you're claiming that ordinary people can no longer visit West Street or Division Street for an evening out? You should really check your facts, both areas are very busy with ordinary people on a Friday and Saturday evening. Whilst clearly an exaggeration it's nonetheless quite off putting at times. I only venture there if there's a specific music gig in those areas that | wish to attend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #1718 Posted January 20, 2019 Why? Does it just make you uncomfortable, the homeless people having nowhere to go? Or are you worried that they'll attack you or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
GingerR   0 #1719 Posted January 20, 2019 I’m female. I avoid West Street because I have been aggressively harassed there more than once by beggars and they were frightening experiences I don’t wish to repeat.  Taking drugs and drinking changes personalities, lowers inhibitions and often makes people who take them more likely to be violent and threatening.  It’s a completely logical response to feel more fear from interacting with people on drugs or drunk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
liam1412 Â Â 14 #1720 Posted January 20, 2019 99% of the people you interact with on West Street on a night out will be on drink or drugs won't they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dutch   68 #1721 Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, liam1412 said: 99% of the people you interact with on West Street on a night out will be on drink or drugs won't they? Not exactly 99%. It also depends what type of people you interact with. But the odds are indeed higher someone had a drink or something else silly on West st. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Albert smith   11 #1722 Posted January 20, 2019 7 hours ago, Cyclone said: So you're claiming that ordinary people can no longer visit West Street or Division Street for an evening out? You should really check your facts, both areas are very busy with ordinary people on a Friday and Saturday evening. What are ordinary people please . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
woodmally   10 #1723 Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) So this guy regularly got offered help. Turned it down and started attacking people. Utterly disgusting some people cannot be helped. https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-man-jailed-for-attacking-homeless-couple-1-9547020 Edited January 20, 2019 by woodmally Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #1724 Posted January 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Albert smith said: What are ordinary people please . You should ask GinTreeS7, he was the one who mentioned them first... 4 hours ago, liam1412 said: 99% of the people you interact with on West Street on a night out will be on drink or drugs won't they? Not drinking would certainly make you the odd one out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dutch   68 #1725 Posted January 21, 2019 I was asked for change eight times yesterday. 9 hours ago, Cyclone said: You should ask GinTreeS7, I can tell you as well. Look in a mirror and you see an ordinary person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
justinelle   0 #1726 Posted January 21, 2019 For those that find the streets full of undesirables,  the solution has already started, and the numbers will decrease shortly. Government abhors low life,  in polite circles are referred to as the poor. They regard poverty as a life choice, people choose destitution as a life style. We like to solve this sort of problem, in a way that no individual is to blame, or responsible or accountable. We are not Nazi’s. We do this  through using the well practiced method of neglect. Neglect is a wonderful tool, where people die of "Natural Causes". Natural causes is aimed at the homeless and those with a home but not enough money to heat it, in other words poor people.  Winter is welcome by bureaucrats as it reduce the problem all without blame.  With more people on the streets, and sub zero temperatures to come,  many will be warmed up in the crematoriums, reduced to ashes, helping solving the poverty problem.  In a good cold snap an addition 30-35 thousand people die compared to the normal death rate and with increasing poverty could be a bumper crop this year. This saves handouts, paying pensions, and increases the housing stock for the homeless left alive after the effects of official neglect.   The government realised all some of the poor needed was a nudge, and austerity provided this, as they found on the streets, helpless, rejected, beaten up, and worse. So vote for the people who gave us austerity as they know that neglect will solve all sorts of social and economic problems. Never let the danger of Corbyn come to power,  who has a social conscience thus might reduce or even prevent the economic benefits of  the annual cull of the poor and undeserving. He is threat to corporate parasitic practices, where the real handouts are to our privatised monopoly sector. Corbyn would damage  G4, CAPITA  profits when the private sector would be more efficient dealing with the homeless more  than just relying on the weather. Who said there was no profit in corporate administrative ineptitude! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Martin C   82 #1727 Posted January 22, 2019 On 20/01/2019 at 15:22, Cyclone said: Why? Does it just make you uncomfortable, the homeless people having nowhere to go? Or are you worried that they'll attack you or something? Many if not most of them do have somewhere to go. If I need to go into the city centre for shopping I try to do so before 10am as all the 'homeless' beggars are then still at home. Likewise the little Tesco at Bridgehouses roundabout - the regular beggar there never starts his shift before 11, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #1728 Posted January 22, 2019 Not answering the question at all. Does it make you uncomfortable or are you worried that they'll attack you.  The denial that people are homeless has been well explored earlier in the thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...