http://nancysims.com/cityofhouston/feed-me/ by Nancy Sims. Parent, Public Relations, Professor, Pundit, Ponderer. Thoughts about my world. Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 http://nancysims.com/cityofhouston/feed-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12246 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:15:20 +0000 http://nancysims.com/?p=557#comment-12246 Anytime you criminalise sharing, you are going to upset those that feel called upon to share. I have real trouble understanding why giving food to a homeless person should be illegal.

]]> http://nancysims.com/cityofhouston/feed-me/comment-page-1/#comment-12238 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:46:16 +0000 http://nancysims.com/?p=557#comment-12238 A complex issue indeed. There is always tension between the short term need (the hungry person in front of you that just needs a sandwich), and the long term need (getting this person back into society with their basic needs being met). The main human safety net (one’s immediate family) has often been torn, and thus the downward spiral continues. So often there are underlying issues of addiction and untreated mental illness, and frankly no peanut butter & jelly sandwich in the world is going to fix that. Thankfully there are smarter people than me working on this issue….

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