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CA church using sprinklers to shoo away bums and winos
2015 Mar 20, 9:19am 443 views 2 comments
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HydroCabron
2015 Mar 20, 9:31am
HydroCabron
2015 Mar 20, 9:31am
Jesus hung out with the poor and downtrodden, but only the hygienic and photogenic ones.
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Shaman
2015 Mar 20, 9:37am
Shaman
2015 Mar 20, 9:37am
This doesn't happen at the evangelical churches. If it did, the bums would be saved, hosed down, shaved up, and singing in church. Sadly they were probably born Catholic, as that religion is mostly inherited. So they hang out where they can be properly neglected in the way they're accustomed to.
http://news.yahoo.com/cathedral-remove-sprinkler-system-drenched-homeless-234902326.html
KCBS Radio first reported undeterred homeless people were using umbrellas and waterproof gear, but they were still getting soaked as they slept in the doorways. The sprinklers ran for about 75 seconds, about every half hour, starting before sunset in all four doorways, soaking homeless people and their belongings, a KCBS reporter who saw the sprinklers at work reported.
The archdiocese, which supports and helps the homeless, apologized and said its intentions were misunderstood. It said the purpose was redirect homeless people to safer areas on the cathedral grounds.
The sprinkler system was installed two years ago, after the archdiocese learned that kind of system was being commonly used in the Financial District as a safety and cleanliness measure. Feces, needles and other dangerous items were regularly found in the doorways, Justice said.
"The problem was particularly dangerous because students and elderly people regularly pass these locations on their way to school and Mass every day," Justice said.