Homelessness

Some articles by Norm Barber, who is formerly homeless and contributes to the Big Issue - were recently brought to my attention. The articles that are particularly explosive are those titled 'homeless wars', 'chased by today/tonight' and 'new wards of the state: outside the social inclusion commission'.

Look 'em up and spread the word if you have the inclination....

http://www.geocities.com/socialinclusionwar/

thanks for the link babe!

its terrible to think some people cant afford housing or get the care they need. apparently there are rising rates of young adults being homeless (even if its sleeping in ur car for a week waiting for a new place cause ur lease expired without an overlap)...

this paragraph really sums it up huh

Reading that has made me angry. What can be done though?

i guess letting more people know about what really is happening to homeless people...cause once it is out in the open, something will have to be done! ie change of practices, investigation into the groups involved...

 All I read was the Today Tonight part but it reeks of tinfoilhatishness.

 "They fall in behind as I drive to the Job Network, following so closely as if trying to stage a crash.

I lose him near the empty wool sheds, but at Port Adelaide Verity stands in front of Centrelink, chatting comfortably with people at the bus stop.  I climb the stairs to the first floor self-service computer area where another man waits, smiling. “Contact made,” he says into his phone then hides behind a cubicle, pretending to type.  Then like creatures beholden to some mysterious circadian rhythm they abandon the chase. "

 

 

I certainly did sense that vibe in other articles, especially the 'Gossip' section too

I guess what really has upset me, is the fact that they are being served rotten food, can't eat inside, can't get accomodation, are refused treatment at hospitals etc. And if it's true that this Street to Home place is collecting personal information and using it to have people shipped off to Glenside, then that's just atrocious. Forcing people onto psychiatric medication when they don't need it is fucked up.

Knowing people who have worked with homeless, worked at Fred's Van and the like, I can tell you this guy is a complete whacko whose writing borders on defamation.

Biggest load of fucking shit I have ever read, and I've read the Celestine Prophecy!

You know what would help the homeless? Shooting them all!

Fuck them, if these people react like this after attempts are made to help them, fuck them.

Gah, I'm choking on my own rage after reading this.

thats your answer for everything!!

This dude is fucked in the head and has some serious paranoia issues. Funniest site I've seen in a while.

I particularly liked the immense tragedy better known as the "Westcare Toilet Saga".

http://www.geocities.com/socialinclusionwar/westcareadelaidebusted.html

But wait, due to his incredible efforts he makes a difference, only to be cut down at the next hurdle:

http://www.geocities.com/socialinclusionwar/westcareadelaide.html

That is quite funny


But I DO feel sympathy for the homeless in Adelaide.

I suspect that they either have chronic substance abuse problems or mental health problems and are pushed out 'into the community' by the drastic lack of mental health resources in SA.

I know of many specific cases of this.
Many of these people could get (or could have got) their lives back on track and be relatively useful members of society had they appropriate assistance at the right time.

eg. Helping a young person with paranoid delusional schizophrenia early in the piece can prevent any further breakdowns.

I feel sorry for them as well, its just that whoever does that site is a fucking idiot who is going out of his way to stir trouble.

I think he see's himself as some kind of homeless Michael Moore.

Oh shit!!!!!!   

Jackpot!

http://www.geocities.com/socialinclusionwar/FreeFood.html


especially this one:

Teen Challenge (Assembly of God)
Thursdays
5:30pm Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide
Near the Jasmine Restaurant

Plastic containers of rice, meat and curry from Jasmine Restaurant. Top quality. Serviette, plastic spoon. Coffee. Bread.




Time to stop taking showers, put on some old clothes, and get me some free grub!

Hows that different from any other day... 

 


 

wow

I spend a fortune on takeaway from that place and I can get it FREE!

pmsl