No way would I have known about that had luci not found it. Insults may be passed over depending on the moderator; but hiding an insult is inexcusable.
Plus, of course, it could lead to all types of investigatory words being known only to Google.
Darn! 98% of the world’s moms had better stop feeding their children, pronto, then.
There’s a difference between feeding members of one’s own family and feeding the masses.
As someone who breastfed, I DID receive some training…some of it was from a nurse at the hospital, but most of it was very traditional training, from my mother and grandmother.
According to my mom, no training was needed, she just showed it to me and I was all up into that shit.
How does this work, in practice? Would it be forbidden to give, on an individual basis, a sandwich to a homeless person? It seems pretty much unenforceable without arresting anybody who gives food to anybody.
I, at least, liked your satire.
Nostalgia. I remember back in the late nineties, Loves and Fishes of Sacramento expanded, or talked about expanding, and the nearby businesses lobbied against it with tales of theft, vandalism, and sex in their doorways. I don’t remember how it turned out.
If it’s a low level change, it’s sometimes just a matter of getting a few complaints. Complaints have to be answered. If they come in in writing, usually they have to be answered in writing.
So the police look into the complaints and what the ordinances are and now they have to either do something about it or officially write back that, yes, there’s an ordinance forbidding it, but they don’t feel like enforcing that particular one, sorry.
Which way would you go? Especially if you know that if there’s blow-back, the politicians can work to change the ordinance or to set up a work-around, both of which are not in your job description or power. I know I’d let the politicians earn their pay.
Sounds like they need a permanent food kitchen. I assume that setting it up will be a pain in the patoo. Good might come of it, though.
I assume that the church folks want a permanent fix or they wouldn’t have gone to the papers.
It wasn’t the baby who needed training!
Apparently there’s some sort of government funded agency that gives food away Monday through Friday. Perhaps the church could volunteer to run the place on weekends.
That’s a valid objection, but I will tell you in my years of working food service for a number of different homeless ministries, we (as an organization) were well aware of the need to have at least one certified food handler on site at all times, and it’s why, in addition to other more professional certification I maintain, I am a Certified Food Manager.
The other issue you raise – why in the park and not a church or shelter – is that often, folks that are homeless lack transportation, and we found value in doing “food outreach” to various spots in the area in which we knew we’d reach hungry people that couldn’t reach us.
Which is why I listed all the churches that were near the park and wondered if any of them are affiliated with the group mentioned in the OP.
Oh.
Dja know that humans are the only mammals with permanent boobs? All the rest just grow them when they are useful.
Checkmate, atheists!
Permanent boobs are useful for attracting and retaining the sexual interest of human males. Check, believers!
Moo??
Boobs are God’s gift to men.
Nah, we just secretly really love to listen, but are too stubborn to admit it.
I love listening to boobs. They sound like… how do I describe it? Boobs sound like Christmas morning.
I agree that the Police probably felt they had no choice but to start enforcing after enough people complained. And they probably have an internal rule to NOT disclose details of what complaint there may have been.
Now it will be interesting when the political side attempts to write in a charitable exception, to see who comes up in opposition and why, and what debate will there arise as to what is and is not a valid charitable event for exception purposes.
I’m sorry. I got my panties in a wad over the dehumanizing aspect. That happens way too much when the homeless and mentally ill are in the radar.
On re-reading, it was good.
Again, I am sorry for reacting because you pushed one of my buttons. I didn’t think before posting.
Could be worse.
In Columbia, SC, now being homeless is against the law.