| Prison for the homeless suggestion draws derision |
| So, David Roddie would have the homeless imprisoned, claiming that the attempts to assist the disenfranchised, the working poor and the people who've been cast out from programs and facilities since shutdown have failed due to some old neo-con saw of bleeding-heart liberals being overly soft on issues requiring tough love.
His words: "I don't care." Dickens' words: "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" My words: "If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem. And if you are a part of the problem, then maybe it is you who should leave."
Michael Alvarez-Toye, Calgary
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The lock-them-up mentality letter-writer David Roddie displays is at the root of homelessness and open drug use on the streets now. Turning the vice of drug-taking into a crime has consequences. The drug-using population has been demonized, marginalized, stigmatized and criminalized.
Chris Buors, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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| I found David Roddie's tirade against those on the margins of our society to be more than a little disturbing. Apparently, David believes that people should be thrown in jail for being homeless. There is no need for them to have actually commited a crime. The simple fact that they are disturbing David's walk from his vehicle to his office and back is crime enough. How dare they! What nerve! What kind of human pond scum wouldn't be utterly mortified to attach their name to this kind of statement? What kind of person shouts this hate speech from a rooftop?
As for me, I'd like to lock up all the fascist theocrats. That's my cross to bear. It's called living in society, David. It's also called tolerance. A hand up works a lot better than a slap in the face.
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