Comments on: Brazier to the rescue! http://thoughcowardsflinch.com/2008/03/01/140/ "We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down" - Aneurin Bevan, 1953 Mon, 28 May 2012 18:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Semple http://thoughcowardsflinch.com/2008/03/01/140/#comment-211 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:14:32 +0000 http://thoughcowardsflinch.com/?p=140#comment-211 I’ve allowed the above comment because it would be ironic if, in a post denouncing censorship, I myself censored a comment. Yet I’m not entirely convinced the above post is genuine – a prime reason being it is written in the style of a well known troll from Membersnet.

At any rate, I have plenty of answers to it so I’ll run through a few of them.

1. I’m talking about the homeless in Canterbury specifically as it is Brazier’s constituency and where I live. When people are still sleeping on the streets, homeless shelters aren’t adequate – and there are plenty of homeless people in Canterbury still sleeping on the streets.

2. Private charity is all very well but it treats symptoms, and pretty ineffectively at that. It does not challenge root causes.

3. I’ve never been homeless but I worked at a homeless shelter in Oxford as part of the Labour Club’s programme to ensure the place had extra volunteers. I don’t claim to know the ins-and-outs of every homeless shelter in the country, but nor do I think that in order to have an intelligent opinion on something, one has to be an active participant in it.

4. I have got my facts right, you’ve simply interpreted them way beyond the narrow parameters I’ve set for them.

]]> By: homelesschicken http://thoughcowardsflinch.com/2008/03/01/140/#comment-210 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:07:55 +0000 http://thoughcowardsflinch.com/?p=140#comment-210 hi david,just a few words,im a female homeless woman at this moment,and just to put a few things into perspective,after reading your blog,you state homeless shelters are in a piss poor state,i beg to differ,a lot of money has been spent the last two years,bringing the hostels in london and elsewhere,up to the twentyfirst centry,many are as good as 4 star hotels,but its the people inside,staff,and residents,who can give a bad reputation..and no im not street homeless at this moment,but staying with a friend, but have lived on the streets,and stayed in some hostels…have you?
2nd, your top banner by pink floyd..it may come as a surprise but Dave Gilmour from pink ployd is a big supporter of CRISIS,and has given CRISIS millons of pounds..3rd censorship..dont know a lot about this,but it helps to get your facts right before making a comment..
regards homelesschicken

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