It's impossible for one to know and understand the plight of the homeless unless they were once homeless themselves.
The misunderstanding has sunk to new lows in places around the country: one report yesterday stated that homeless people are now being attacked & robbed by other people who have more, and are worth more, than the person they are robbing.
If you rob me of my possession while I'm out walking, okay; I've lost those possessions. But I can go home and get more. Take my clothes; Lord knows I've got more in storage. The homeless are already victims, and may be wearing the only possessions to their name. These possessions are their livelihood. These possessions are not throw-aways. But to these thieves, anything can be considered a throw-away item, and don't even think about the person who had it before.
The homeless are the people, I believe, who are respected the least. Misfortune is often not their own blame. The politicians are the biggest ridiculers of them all.
Orders to put the homeless in jail for tresspassing? That makes no sense at all! There's no place to put them, because the politicians are always saying they have no building space. So it appears they cover their own hides by doing a quick-reflex action to save them from their inaction.
I may have mentioned this before, but during Super Bowl week in Detroit a couple years ago, one news article asked, "What about the homeless?" The response was, basically, "We gotta get them out of sight so they don't cast a spell on the Super Bowl festivities."
There's that annoying thinking again: Out of sight, out of mind.
Did they even think about long-term solutions to the homeless plight in Detroit and other urban areas? Or, in our case, did any thoughts of them stop once the Super Bowl train headed out of town?
Among us, there's bound to be misunderstandings about people. Someone may have broken their arm, but I cannot tell them "I know how you feel," because I've never had a broken arm. A child may tell me their big brother stole their favorite toy. I can say I sympathize, but that doesn't make me understand it fully, since I am an only child.
A person has to be in the shoes of the victim to fully understand the victim's plight.
But in the case of the homeless, it doesn't need to start with complete understanding & comprehension. It needs to start with respect, attention, and action. These recent incidents show none of the three.
Shame on these crooks who mistreated those on the street. Their level of thinking is lower than the homeless' thoughts will ever, EVER be.
