Please America, Don't Feed the Cretins

America is getting mean, one city at a time. Two weeks ago, Las Vegas made it a crime to feed homeless people in parks. Orlando followed suit last week when city council passed their own ordinance making it illegal to feed the homeless in public parks. Apparently, feeding the homeless makes them stick around, and no one wants those dirty and dangerous transients running amuck. So, while the city does NOT approve of feeding the homeless out in the public, they do approve of treating them like zoo animals. I hope there are signs like, "Please Do Not Feed the Homeless, or the Squirrels".

The group, "Food Not Bombs" (translated - Bleeding heart, democratic hippies) plans to continue feeding vegetarian meals to the homeless. All I have to say here is, they WOULD be feeding vegetarian meals, and I roll my eyes in their general direction. Beggars can't be choosers, literally. I happen to think that a homeless person would prefer a little fried chicken to a lump of tofu and curd.

The ACLU is also getting involved, claiming this is just a superficial fix to the real problem with Orlando's homeless. What is the real problem exactly? The fact that these people are either too lazy or too proud to get help, or the fact that some of them actually enjoy being homeless because it's easier than facing reality. Heck, if you're homeless people seem to go out of their way to feed you, you can go to shelters and get showers and clothes for free, and in some cases use the internet. Trust me, there's a homeless guy who blogs. How else would a homeless guy be blogging?! And why isn't he getting a job?!! He's the reason I don't feed the homeless. I'd give you the URL for his blog, but I'm not endorsing this bum.

The commissioner in Orlando who pushed for the ordinance is claiming this decision was not easy for her, and that this is all being wrongly portrayed as "anti-homeless". How else are we supposed to interpret this? Is treating homeless like zoo animals and referring to them as dirty transients somehow pro-homeless? Overall, I don't disagree with the ordinance, but let's be honest here, this isn't a gray area. Either you like the homeless or you don't, and obviously this city council does not.

Overall, I don't disagree with the ordinance. That's because homeless people are known mainly for beating each other to near death over the best highway bridge to squat under, or lawn chairs, or 3 shopping carts tied together. I also do not approve of the way homeless people throw trash all over the place when they live oh so troll-like under bridges. If that's your home, are you too good for your home? Keep it clean, seriously.