463 state houses vacant due to P contamination.

[Drew]

Well I just watched the news item online and as I suspected, there was absolutely no (as in none, zero, zip, zilch, fucking nada) connection between the empty P contaminated houses and the homeless they are considering housing in motels - other than the fact that they were two unrelated issues mentioned in the same article.

So I can only assume that the OP simply has a revulsion towards the homeless based on the fact that they're not as 'successful' as him. (Or maybe it's because 50% of them are Maori).

I have often been criticised on here as lacking empathy. Don't make me laugh - the OP wouldn't even know where to begin looking for the word in a fucking dictionary.

No wonder he didn't want to supply a link.

So how's that egg on your face doing Drew?

I don't reckon anyone is embarrassed by being wrong on here. I still don't reckon you've got the right idea about what was said though.

[sidecar bob]

Well I just watched the news item online and as I suspected, there was absolutely no (as in none, zero, zip, zilch, fucking nada) connection between the empty P contaminated houses and the homeless they are considering housing in motels - other than the fact that they were two unrelated issues mentioned in the same article.

So I can only assume that the OP simply has a revulsion towards the homeless based on the fact that they're not as 'successful' as him. (Or maybe it's because 50% of them are Maori).

I have often been criticised on here as lacking empathy. Don't make me laugh - the OP wouldn't even know where to begin looking for the word in a fucking dictionary.

No wonder he didn't want to supply a link.

So how's that egg on your face doing Drew?

Well post up the link so everyone can make up their own mind on it then.
I have little empathy for people that make poor choices & in this country, being homeless is a choice, choosing not to work, choosing to spend income/benefit unwisely,
My first priority is food & shelter for myself & my family, so excuse me for having no empathy for those that don't make that a first priority.
Youre welcome to give them all the help you want, or even join them if its such a flash idea.

[Katman]

Well post up the link so everyone can make up their own mind on it then.
I have little empathy for people that make poor choices & in this country, being homeless is a choice, choosing not to work, choosing to spend income/benefit unwisely,
My first priority is food & shelter for myself & my family, so excuse me for having no empathy for those that don't make that a first priority.
Youre welcome to give them all the help you want, or even join them if its such a flash idea.

You wouldn't have a fucking clue.

Keep digging though - it's amusing (in a train crash sort of way).

The news item is on TV1 News On Demand for anyone that cares to log in to watch it.

[Banditbandit]

, being homeless is a choice,

Yeah .. you're right .. some people just think "It's freezing old and wet - I know ... I will go and live rough ..."

[EJK]

We should build a wall!

[Maha]

It's a moot point really, it can't be enforced and will provably never happen. We had a WINZ guest in a Motel last week, Her kids rang up a $40 phone bill calling HER cell phone..when asked if she had actually stayed at the Motel she said ''sometimes'' over the two day. Basically she left her kids there while she was off doing other shit. The room was a pit and I found a point bag. The Motel has flagged her as someone not to accept again. Yes she paid the phone bill but some skip without paying the extras and have more Whanau staying than what is considered legal for the room. A king bed and a single does mean you can have six people staying in that room.

[nodrog:Me]

I text him and asked the same thing. I was disappointed

did he tell you about the Harley he got the other day?

Well I just watched the news item online and as I suspected, there was absolutely no (as in none, zero, zip, zilch, fucking nada) connection between the empty P contaminated houses and the homeless they are considering housing in motels -

isn't the connection - they cant house the homeless in state houses because they are short 400 odd, due to contamination?

Yeah .. you're right .. some people just think "It's freezing old and wet - I know ... I will go and live rough ..."

Like the guy living in the park next to walkway overbridge on takatimu drive, less than 1km from the homeless shelter, that has had numerous government agengies offer him alternative accommodation yet still remains living there?

Or the guy that people were scabbing a tent for on facebook, so he could set up camp in greerton. Even though numerous people had offered him rooms in their houses?

We should build a wall!

[swarfie]

Yep, there's always those that are needy and some of them do appreciate what the "system" will and does do for them. BUT there's also those that abuse any help given and IMO they should have a two (one really) strikes and you FUCK OFF and don't get any more help from we the tax payer. Those lowlifes don't deserve our help and as a tax payer (as is the OP) that really shits me. They are stealing from us...end of.

[mashman]

You wouldn't have a fucking clue.

Keep digging though - it's amusing (in a train crash sort of way).

The news item is on TV1 News On Demand for anyone that cares to log in to watch it.

There but for the grace of a bit of knowledge.....

good description.

The thread works so much better without any real context though.

[Katman]

isn't the connection - they cant house the homeless in state houses because they are short 400 odd, due to contamination?

Where's the connection between this.....

Apparently the taxpayer now has to fund pre booked motel beds to get the homeless through winter.
I'm fuckin over it, sounds like these pricks deserve to be homeless. Cry me a river.

....and P contaminated houses?

[nodrog:Me]

Where's the connection between this.....

you're shitting on my dick?

the connection is - 400 odd houses are deemed uninhabitable by government standards, hence they sit empty. If they were available they could put some homeless people in them.

that's 400 familes, or 1600 people (for an average 4 person family), or 8000 Indians.

[Katman]

you're shitting on my dick?

the connection is - 400 odd houses are deemed uninhabitable by government standards, hence they sit empty. If they were available they could put some homeless people in them.

that's 400 familes, or 1600 people (for an average 4 person family), or 8000 Indians.

Did you miss the highlighted bit of the quote or should I change it to red?

I'm well aware of the reach around culture that exists within the sidecar fraternity but seriously man, blanket statements like this....

....being homeless is a choice.....

....are simply indefensible.

[nodrog:Me]

Did you miss the highlighted bit of the quote or should I change it to red?

I'm well aware of the reach around culture that exists within the sidecar fraternity but seriously man, blanket statements like this....



....are simply indefensible.

You asked what the connection was between the P houses and the homeless, I pointed it out.

[Katman]

You asked what the connection was between the P houses and the homeless, I pointed it out.

Are those homeless people (who according to Steve deserve to be homeless) the ones responsible for the contaminated houses?

[nodrog:Me]

Are those homeless people (who according to Steve deserve to be homeless) the ones responsible for the contaminated houses?

You never asked about responsibility, you mentioned the connection between the P houses and the homeless.

And who knows if they are or not, I couldn't care less, I have a house I can smoke p in.