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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey maybe I'm stupid too, but it seems to me it'd be way fucking easier and cheaper to just put some flyers in a little letterbox attached to the bench advertising the nearest homeless shelter or something, rather than inconveniencing literally everyone who wants to use the bench. But what do I know, I'm probably just stupid

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    Literally anyone using the bench potentially prevents someone else from also using the bench. Why is it a bigger deal when it's a homeless person doing the using? Also, I'm sure there are other more attention grabbing options than a flyer, if we use our imaginations a little bit. Why is your focus on prevention and not education/outreach anyways?

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    What difference does to make if someone is sitting on the bench, laying down, standing, crouching, or in any other comfortable resting position? It's a public bench, to be used by the public however they see fit, as long as they're not causing harm.

    It's weird to enforce the "correct" usage of a public bench, or the "correct" amount of space a person is allowed to take up, especially with such drastic elements that you yourself admit are not very effective.

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