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    From Rich80105@3:770/3 to All on Sunday, May 07, 2017 11:43:53
    I can remember the outcry in New Zealand when a story featured the
    spraying of steps at the front of businesss in apartheid South Africa
    to keep poor black people from sitting and sleeping there. That this
    is happening in New Zealand is appalling - and typically the media
    concentrates on the Auckland Council rather than the government whose
    policies, including the sell off of social housing, reduction in
    benefits and making it harder to qualify, and reduced funding for
    charities have led to businesses feeling the need for such inhumane
    actions. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/330142/anti-homeless-sprinkler-systems-'inhumane'

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  • From Tony @3:770/3 to rich80105@hotmail.com on Saturday, May 06, 2017 20:57:36
    Rich80105<rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    I can remember the outcry in New Zealand when a story featured the
    spraying of steps at the front of businesss in apartheid South Africa
    to keep poor black people from sitting and sleeping there. That this
    is happening in New Zealand is appalling - and typically the media >concentrates on the Auckland Council rather than the government whose >policies, including the sell off of social housing, reduction in
    benefits and making it harder to qualify, and reduced funding for
    charities have led to businesses feeling the need for such inhumane
    actions. >http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/330142/anti-homeless-sprinkler-systems-'inhumane'
    It is a disgrace and the council have the lion's share of the responsibility to find a way to stop it. There is no evidence that there are more people on the streets now than there were in 2000 (for instance); if you can prove otherwise please p[rovide that proof. There always will be some. Some building owners have gone too far, that is all!!
    Tony

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  • From HitAnyKey@3:770/3 to All on Sunday, May 07, 2017 03:57:20
    On Sun, 07 May 2017 11:43:53 +1200, Rich80105 wrote:

    I can remember the outcry in New Zealand when a story featured the
    spraying of steps at the front of businesss in apartheid South Africa to
    keep poor black people from sitting and sleeping there. That this is happening in New Zealand is appalling - and typically the media
    concentrates on the Auckland Council rather than the government whose policies, including the sell off of social housing, reduction in
    benefits and making it harder to qualify, and reduced funding for
    charities have led to businesses feeling the need for such inhumane
    actions. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/330142/anti-homeless-sprinkler-
    systems-'inhumane'

    Does it ever cross your mind that you might, just possibly, be wrong?

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