''Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.'' ―Albert Einstein
Full disclosure per the Pistol-Forum CoC: I am the author of Quantitative Ammunition Selection.
''Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.'' ―Albert Einstein
Full disclosure per the Pistol-Forum CoC: I am the author of Quantitative Ammunition Selection.
On my rare trips to San Fran, while they definately have illegal immigration issues (Kate Steinle's murder), the feces & excrement problem is coming from the homeless problem. Another sign of that is the sky high property crime rate, specifically auto break-ins.
When we live in the Portland area, before 1994 and the immigration uproar, homeless were pooping consistently in the Portland State parking structures. Coming soon to Austin.
These two posts elicit memory of two quotes that seem almost prescient in their description of what ultimately becomes of these cities as they've devolved into "welfare traps":
“It's not an endlessly expanding list of rights—the 'right' to education, the 'right' to health care, the 'right' to food and housing. That's not freedom, that's dependency. Those aren't rights, those are the rations of slavery—hay and a barn for human cattle.”―P J O'Rourke
“Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.”―Alexis de Tocqueville
ETA: Corrected source for second quote as cited/sourced by Sidheshooter.
Last edited by the Schwartz; 08-19-2019 at 01:41 PM.
''Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.'' ―Albert Einstein
Full disclosure per the Pistol-Forum CoC: I am the author of Quantitative Ammunition Selection.
Man, I dig that quote. That said, the language didn’t seem period appropriate for ADT, and a quick google shows that it may be a P J O’Rourke quote instead.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/370...the-serbs-have
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
To be fair, we've seen a demographic shift in this regard. It used to be primarily the homeless drug addicts, but now the majority of auto boosts are committed by organized gangs. They target tourist areas/rental cars, are vehicle borne for easy escape, post lookouts, work in teams, etc. Still....symptomatic of Californias great experiment to see what happens when you reduce or eliminate penalties for crime.
From 2017 but on point here:
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2...ce-in-seattle/
When two judges of the King County Superior Court in Seattle urged the city government to clean up “the unsanitary and potentially frightening” condition of the sidewalks around the courthouse, sidewalks “that reek of urine and excrement,” Mr. Gossett leaped to action.
Not to clean up the sidewalks, but to warn that power-washing the sidewalks would be “racially insensitive” because it might remind civil-rights activists of the water hoses used by Bull Connor and his cops in faraway Birmingham, Ala., a half-century ago to disperse civil-rights demonstrators. Cleaning up the sidewalks “might be a form of microaggression.”