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- duggtodeath, on 10/30/2007, -20/+625HOW DARE HE! Imagine a world where people CARE about each other? Jesus Christ would not approve of this! Caring, feeding, helping and treating one another as equals? ***** NO! Good thing my government believes in pre-emptive war so that they may deliver us from this evil!
- sotopheavy, on 10/30/2007, -37/+497IM IN UR CITY FEEDIN UR HOMELESS!
- 0rion16, on 10/18/2007, -8/+259Tomorrows headline:
Homeless rights activist Eric Montanez, 22, was tasered to death this morning for feeding the hungry. - natedouglas, on 10/30/2007, -21/+258I think this is quite possibly the clearest proof to come to light that we are living in a decadent society. When you outlaw altruism... who wrote Orlando's laws? Ayn Rand?
- Frei, on 10/30/2007, -18/+206So in Florida I can shoot a person who I may see as a vague "threat." But I can't hook a homeless guy up with a sandwich. I think it's time this country peacefully just splits up. Red states, it's not you, it's me.
- MaximusIGN, on 10/18/2007, -38/+156USA, the Christian nation where Conservatives don't care about you if you can't fit in a womb. Hell, if you aren't rich, they'll actually go out of their way to rush you to your grave. Jesus would be proud....
- plizard, on 10/30/2007, -11/+117don't feed me, bro!
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downtown florida - that's why - since disney owns like 95% of orlando, he should be spending his money at disneyworld. not feeding the homeless! duh - vwvan, on 10/11/2007, -6/+97This is not hard.
Time for Orlando prosecutors to understand the Digg effect.
http://www.cityoforlando.net/contact.htm Dial *67 in front of the number to blank your caller id.
Be courteous and request that they not prosecute the man who fed the homeless.
Time for a call. - zKman, on 10/30/2007, -17/+106DONT FEED THEM BRO!
- Katrin20den, on 10/18/2007, -8/+77Yeah, electrocute him!
Seriously, who could have come up with a law of this kind??? One doesn't care about the others while he is fine himself, but make him unemployed, kick his out of his house and see what happens. - MaximusIGN, on 10/30/2007, -26/+93Wasn't that in the Bible? Give a man some bread and be put to death?
- Ladymongoose, on 10/30/2007, -6/+59Jeez! These are people, not bears in a camping ground! What do they think not feeding people is going to do...make them leave? Have some humanity, Flordia!
- card51short, on 10/18/2007, -6/+56please don't say the only other option is a blue state...can we get a colorless one please?
- slackerjack, on 10/30/2007, -7/+56Can we say: 'JURY NULLIFICATION' ?
- ImperialSoren, on 10/11/2007, -5/+51I'm here cuz I thought he was feeding on homeless. which is not to be encouraged.
- ChiGGz, on 10/30/2007, -4/+47Please do not feed, poke or disturb the homeless.
- thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -16/+54You do realize that the Mayor and most (can't confirm all of them) of the City Council members are Democrats and they enacted the ban?
Good thing you automatically assume dumb government rules come from the Republicans. And finally, this is a CITY ORDINANCE. It has nothing to do with the Federal Government, and the ordinance is actively interfering with Faith-Based initiatives that care for the homeless. - an0nim0us, on 10/30/2007, -3/+38Seriously, what ***** would report this guy, and not only that, but record him to have solid proof?
- siszam, on 10/11/2007, -2/+37"Let everyone who possesses two shirts share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise." (Luke: 3; 11)
- bratterscain, on 10/30/2007, -4/+39Or they could just be at a temporary downfall in their life and lack motivation. Everyone gets in a slump sometimes. It could just as easily be you homeless and a digger saying the same in your place.
- noahhoward, on 10/30/2007, -4/+36Why? Needing a permit isn't any better.
- iTorrey, on 10/18/2007, -6/+38Actually if you read Ayn Rand you'd know that she'd probably be in favor of citizens voluntarily feeding the homeless. She was against people being forced at the barrel of a gun by government into helping others. And I agree.
I used to live in Orlando and while getting berated by the homeless while you try to enjoy a day at the park with your family is quite annoying, the homeless have free speech and as long as they don't harass you or assault you they should be allowed to ask for help and you should be allowed to accept or reject this. It's no different than if I asked someone at work if they wanted to come over for dinner tonight. It's my food and I'll give it to whom I want and if they accept no harm has been done. - r00t3d0ut, on 10/18/2007, -2/+34this is also happening in west palm beach, fl.
"Group defies ordinance, feeds homeless"
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/search/content/local_ ... - inactive, on 10/30/2007, -4/+36or keeps them from starving to deah.
- thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -5/+36Democrats enacted the law.
- jlungu, on 10/15/2007, -3/+31Orlando wants to keep them hungry so the bait-and-shoot program is more successful.
- card51short, on 10/11/2007, -11/+37i know i can't wait until the democrats swoop down from heaven and save us all from the evil conservatives.
You guys are still playing their game. - khail250, on 10/10/2007, -6/+32yes and we can attain world peace by giving daisies to world leaders...
- glasnostic, on 10/11/2007, -4/+30This is a perfect opportunity for the defendant to take the stand, look the jury directly in the eyes and say this,
“Though you have been instructed otherwise, it is your right to acquit a person of violating a law that they clearly violated if you feel that law is unjust”.
All Americans should be given that instruction. As a matter of fact, I think it would be great to hand out some flyers down in front of my local courthouse, that hammer home that concept. - joklem, on 10/30/2007, -4/+29Feeding trolls only enables them to continue trolling.
- CZzyzx41, on 10/30/2007, -3/+28No point taken. That's like saying you need a permit to go to your friends house because you might assault or rob them. It's a stupid law and it needs to be appealed.
- bratterscain, on 10/30/2007, -4/+29He needs a permit for someone to take food from him? And that isn't *****? And if someone's going to poison homeless people, they could just as well do it without one just as easily.
- bassgoonist, on 10/11/2007, -11/+35Technically speaking the law isn't against feeding the homeless...misleading headline ftw.
- tullj01, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24Um....no. Got a reference for that?
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
-James 2:15-17
Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For( I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they also will answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' -Matthew 25:45
Please don't just make things up and pretend their in the bible, we've got enough Christians doing that. - cybermort, on 10/30/2007, -6/+25I live in Orlando, one late afternoon walking by the public library in downtown, blocks from lake eola a very old homeless man approached me asking for change. I told him i had non. Then he said if i could get him at least a bag of chips, he said he was starving. I just simply couldn't denied someone food and I didn't thought twice about getting him a sandwich. We should be encouraging solidarity. Why is it that this country only seems interested in pushing dumb christian values likes mariage and abstainance but ignores the important ones... another one for example, peace.
- printenv, on 10/30/2007, -3/+22synce, I am appalled by your ignorance and your total lack of humanity. A lot of people who are homeless are schizophrenic. I suggest you go to wikipedia and read up on it a bit. Maybe then you would understand why it would be so difficult for them. If you still sit there and make the grand generalization that all homeless are lazy I suggest you look closely at who you are.
- airiox, on 10/30/2007, -4/+23"Food Not Bombs" serves all vegetarian meals to the homeless. Homeless Man's response: "No thank you, I would rather starve."
- meez, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22Change? Spare some change?
- duke1776, on 10/11/2007, -5/+23Me too as I'm also afraid of the "colored's"...
- AriaStar, on 10/30/2007, -4/+22Uh, don't feed the animals?
And we wonder why people are less kind to each other these days. You end up with charges pressed against you.
"the city ordinance that bans mass feeding in one area" - Now are restaurants going to be outlawed too? - Nougat, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18http://orlandofoodnotbombs.org/ordinancetext.html
From what I read here, you need to have a city permit for an event which feeds 25 or more, or is likely to draw a crowd of 25 or more, in a park in the Greater Orlando Park District.
It doesn't say you can't feed the homeless. It says you can't feed crowds in city parks. - Carburetor, on 10/11/2007, -3/+20Technically it isn't, but intrinsically it makes it harder to help the poor.
I understand that according the law of Orlando you actually need to get approval to do humanitarian act (like feeding the hungry) instead of encouraging to do the opposite.
I don't understand why.
I really like the states, and all around the constitution thing, but seriously guys, sometimes, you have really weird laws there...
That's not like feeding the bears or something, we're talking about hungry people out there. - Klinky, on 10/30/2007, -1/+17If someone knowingly fed a bunch of people poisoned food they would be charged with mass murder. I don't see your point on that one...
- LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16it is, however, illegal to feed the homeless in las Vegas, for several years now.
i believe anyone arrested for feeding the homeless should sue for violation of their constitutional civil rights. freedom of association, freedom of peaceful assembly [ 1st amendment ] - and freedom from unreasonable search and seizures [ checking your bag for sandwiches.] 4th amendment.
i am not a lawyer, consult your own professional counsel.
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs ...
so if you are peacefully giving good food to people who ask for it, that seems legal to me, but not to las vegas. - breadbin, on 10/11/2007, -5/+20You make some ridiculous statements. The parent comment made no mention of Republicans or religious organisations yet you felt you simply HAD to bring them up as if both of them have been maligned. Presumably those faith-based organisations have permits to do their work, as do any non-religious organisations that work with the homeless? Okay, so do you have anything useful to add to the discussion?
- diggduggjoe, on 10/30/2007, -1/+16The point of these laws is to reduce soup kitchens and such in hopes the homeless leave the area. Hiding the problem is not the solution to poverty, but it makes everyone more comfortable when they can believe no one is poor.
- FLLawLibrarian, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15Actually the guy was just found not guilty, this afternoon. But just for info:
(And I apologize now for the long post)
"Indeed, a week before Orlando's ordinance took effect, Las Vegas criminalized giving food to even a single transient in a city park.
In August, the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit challenging the Las Vegas ban, saying it violated constitutional protections of free speech, right to assembly and right to practice one's religion. A federal court in Nevada has prohibited the city from enforcing the ordinance until a final ruling is issued.
Advocates for the homeless feared it wouldn't be long before other cities passed similar laws. As it happens, they were right.
Already, the cities of Dallas, Fort Myers, Fla., Gainesville, Fla., Wilmington, N.C., Atlanta, and Santa Monica, Calif., have laws restricting or outright prohibiting the feeding of the homeless. In Fairfax County, Va., homemade meals and meals made in church kitchens may not be distributed to the homeless unless first approved by the county."
You can read the whole article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ... - DreKor, on 10/30/2007, -2/+17I think you're referring to the Disney corporation. They sort of own Orlando and don't want a bunch of homeless people ruining their beautiful illusion.
- sockpuppets, on 10/13/2007, -3/+17detail.html?reddit
I wonder where you got this link. :p - Nougat, on 10/30/2007, -2/+16This is civil disobedience. This stands in contrast to smashing up the Comcast office with a hammer.
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