r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Garey_Coleman • 10d ago

Where are the homeless supposed to go?

Cities have been cracking down on homeless people so they can’t have encampments or stay on sidewalks. At the same time usually the shelters are full. So those who are unable to get into a shelter, where are they supposed to go?

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u/Dhaeron 9d ago

For a good part of WW1 it was called cowardice and people were sentenced for it. The British army executed a couple hundred soldiers for it in WW1 and they didn't get (posthumously) pardoned until the mid-2000s.

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u/FrankWillardIT 9d ago

Also the Italian, French and Russian armies murdered a lot of their own with this victim-blaming accusation.., it was pretty common back then...