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A question that needs an answer.

bolshevik_uk | 01.02.2003 15:28

Homelessness has been a problem in our society for many years. With recent government directives, allocating country estates and hotels to serve as centers for asylum seekers, we need to ask why can't we do this for OUR homeless?

The government has recently announced that they intend to allocate country estates, hotels and hostels, for use as induction centres for asylum seekers. We are told that we are a nation of civilized and compassionate peoples and that we must provide for these unfortunates, as we are under a humanitarian obligation to do so.
Is it not also our obligation 'as a civilised nation' to help and provide for our own oppressed and unfortunate victims of circumstance?
Our society has been afflicted by homelessness for years, why have our kind and compassionate government never introduced centres for homeless people, where they can be induced back into society. The resources are, and have been availiable, as the facts reveal. Just look at with what speed and efficiency the government have made availiable accomodations for asylum seekers. It just goes to show what could have been done, if only the will were there. It is not.
Why is this?
Homeless people can't, and don't have a vote.
Homeless people are just human resources with no commercial value.
That is our kind and compssionate society!

bolshevik_uk
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the answer is.....

03.02.2003 12:52

the answer is that we don't have a 'kind and compassionate' society. Power and greed rules. Like u say, homeless people have no money, influence or even the right to vote, so why should elites care about them? On the other hand government has various treaty obligations to people seeking asylum, so, luckily for them, they do get housed and fed. Though the government, under pressure by right wing scumbag media is trying to tear these up too.
Anyway, I don't think whoever posted the article gives a f*ck about homelessness, seems like a nazi nut trying to have a go at asylum seekers from a 'left' p.o.v
Even went as far as to enter his email address as 'bolshevik'!!!! That's right mate, we're all leninists here?!

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