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Author Topic: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK  (Read 14171 times)

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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #30 on: March 16, 2011, 10:38:56 pm »

*facepalm*
So what do they do, stick them in jail or kick them out?

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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #31 on: March 16, 2011, 10:40:11 pm »

Well, what I know is actually true about Australia, is that kangaroos can swim. (Which, to me, sounds like heresy.)
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #32 on: March 16, 2011, 10:44:20 pm »

Well, what I know is actually true about Australia, is that kangaroos can swim. (Which, to me, sounds like heresy.)

Why? If horses can swim, then I'm not really surprised by anything being able to tread water.
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #33 on: March 16, 2011, 10:47:07 pm »

Well, what I know is actually true about Australia, is that kangaroos can swim. (Which, to me, sounds like heresy.)

I don't see how that could be tested, the entire place is a desert, so no water to swim in!

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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #34 on: March 16, 2011, 10:48:03 pm »

That is messed up.  I don't know much about UK politics but couldn't someone challenge that in court as a constitutional violation?  We did that in Canada with Vancouver's free injection site when the government tried to shut it down.
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #35 on: March 16, 2011, 10:49:43 pm »

Well, what I know is actually true about Australia, is that kangaroos can swim. (Which, to me, sounds like heresy.)

I don't see how that could be tested, the entire place is a desert, so no water to swim in!

There is some. Supposedly that's how they kill dingos that attack them.

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Along with dingos and other canids, introduced species like foxes and feral cats also pose a threat to kangaroo populations. Kangaroos and wallabies are adept swimmers, and often flee into waterways if presented with the option. If pursued into the water, a large kangaroo may use its forepaws to hold the predator underwater so as to drown it.[28] Another defensive tactic described by witnesses is catching the attacking dog with the forepaws and disembowelling it with the hind legs.
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Slightly more on topic, I do not understand why the Government would outlaw homelessness, but, oh well.
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #36 on: March 16, 2011, 11:04:36 pm »

Is it true that all australians have mustaches, and to elect the king of australia they have all candidates get into an arena with a kangaroo and whoever survives is the king?
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #37 on: March 16, 2011, 11:05:08 pm »

Sorry to dissapoint you, but no.
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #38 on: March 16, 2011, 11:05:33 pm »

Sorry to dissapoint you, but no.
But.... EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE!
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #39 on: March 16, 2011, 11:09:25 pm »

That is messed up.  I don't know much about UK politics but couldn't someone challenge that in court as a constitutional violation?  We did that in Canada with Vancouver's free injection site when the government tried to shut it down.

I thought the UK doesn't have a constitution.
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #40 on: March 16, 2011, 11:09:38 pm »

Of course not, one kangaroo would be killed within minutes in a Australian cage match, they throw five or ten in.
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #41 on: March 16, 2011, 11:10:38 pm »

Is it true that all australians have mustaches, and to elect the king of australia they have all candidates get into an arena with a kangaroo and whoever survives is the king?

No, this is a total fabrication. We couldn't afford an arena, so we fight on top of a giant red rock called 'Uluru'.

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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #42 on: March 16, 2011, 11:46:25 pm »

That is messed up.  I don't know much about UK politics but couldn't someone challenge that in court as a constitutional violation?  We did that in Canada with Vancouver's free injection site when the government tried to shut it down.

I thought the UK doesn't have a constitution.

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Of course they do; somebody needs to set out how big the parliament is, how often it meets, bluh bluh.
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #43 on: March 16, 2011, 11:49:50 pm »

IIRC, they don't have a specific document called their constitution.  The "constitution" is a collection of documents that slowly evolved the government, such as the Magna Carta and so on.
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Re: It is now illegal to be homeless or to feed the homeless in the UK
« Reply #44 on: March 16, 2011, 11:50:04 pm »

It doesn't have a codified constitution. It's all some big mess of custom, written laws, common law, conventions, precedents, and so forth.

Slightly more on topic, I do not understand why the Government would outlaw homelessness, but, oh well.

It would be completely pointless for, say, the national government of the UK to outlaw it. On a more local basis (as is the case here), it's still cruel and senseless, but you can see why they do it; they don't want the homeless in their backyard, and would rather drive them someplace else so they don't have to look at them anymore.
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