Shocking as it was, last winter, when it was reported that a man had been found, frozen to death, in a local churchyard, I was encouraged by the public's response. While the council cried poverty and offered nothing but the bare minimum, in weeks of cold-weather that regularly dipped below zero, hundreds of Nottingham's kind hearted citizens came out to help. This was one of the few moments I have felt proud to be from Nottingham.
The cold weather eventually cleared and we now find ourselves enjoying a wonderful summer. But while the weather may have changed the homeless problem hasn't... Oh wait there... Yes, it has changed and it seems there are no homeless people anymore.
"The actors can stay, but the name will have to be changed. The word 'homeless' sounds far to real and it's depressing the audience. How about we give them a title with a little more hope and a bit less doom".
...I've got it! We'll call them "Rough sleepers"...
But it doesn't stop here, the jiggery-pokery carries on much further. Changing the name "Homeless" to "Rough sleepers" just makes information harder to find, it doesn't get rid of the problem. Nevertheless, if you read anything about the homeless or hear anything about them on the TV, you will notice that they're now referred to, at all times, as "Rough-sleepers".
You will never hear the mainstream media or any Councillor refer to a person with no home to go to; as "homeless". There are many reasons for this and most of it revolves around social conditioning and the sub-conscious.
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This is all part of the healing process for Nottingham council and this kind of re-branding always helps to wash the blood away. And while we are talking about meaningless gestures, lets take a quick look at the second part of this PR stunt.
Housing Secretary James Brokenshire vowed to make homelessness "a thing of the past" and the government has vowed to end rough sleeping by 2027.
So the mass-populous have now been brainwashed into believing every Homeless person, either, loves roasting marshmallows or lives off the state in a brand new council house. OK, maybe not quite as imaginative, but as far as folk know, £100million is about to be lavished on these happy-campers. Or is it...
But when questioned on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Brokenshire said half of the promised £100m had already been committed to homelessness and rough sleeping, with the other half "reprioritised" from existing budgets in his department.
(Over here, we call it "Robbing Peter to pay Paul")
As usual, financial anomalies like this are soon brushed under the carpet. With citizens still holding their rosy perceptions and absorbing all the new terminology, it allows the government to implement phase 2 and, like clockwork, the people will, passively, relinquish all responsibility. In this phase we will see the government give "Rough-sleepers" a more meaningful title and after that the police can push them into the gulags, where nobody will see them, ever again.
Clr Toby Neal, of Nottingham City Council, said: “We are trying to mitigate what we think is a little bit of a problem for people. We know that people don’t like it.
Phase 2 - Operation "Chuggers".
http://icandoitlater.com/its-ok-to-hate-chuggers/
Welcome to phase two and this is the part were we can now attach one's living status, to a criminal act. Yes, you heard right. Nottingham council have now made it illegal to be poor, but we will get to that part in a moment.
This is a classic example of a "Problem. Reaction. Solution." technique, used often by covert operators. The government have created/allowed a problem, then they have stepped back and allowed a reaction to occur. With the busy lifestyles we are forced to keep up with, the hassle of having to acknowledge another Human-being on the street, is just too much for some of us to take. Subsequently, this has caused many folk to cry out to Mummy.
"Please, Mr councilor, can you remove these street vendors from my sight? The guilt is bad enough with having to ignore all the "rough-sleepers". It now feels like you have to run a gauntlet of guilt, just to go shopping".
Shoppers have praised the potential plan to ban "irritating" and "frustrating" charity collectors from the city centre.
Hook, line and sinker... We fall for it every time and now here comes big brother to supply the solution. Only problem is that now you've handed the ball to the playground bullies, it's down to them to set where the goalposts lie.
Under proposed plans, no-one will be able to stop or approach people and ask for ‘money, personal items, and charitable or other donations’ WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION FROM THE COUNCIL.
The council also aims to crack down on 'rogue' Big Issue sellers. Currently, people selling the magazine have to be authorised by the Big Issue foundation and can only sell from pre-arranged pitches.
The new plans, which the council hopes will improve the city centre, also includes new rules on buskers, who will have to have a licence and will only be allowed to busk in designated pitches.
No, not those type of buskers, they'll be fine. Knowing the UK government, I imagine it's aimed at this type of busker...
But like I said earlier, it's us that keep crying to Mummy, instead of addressing the real issues, like;
Why are we becoming so cold hearted?;
Why are there so many charities relying on hand-outs when we have an aid budget?;
Why are things just getting worse?;
And most important of all; Are we ready to help all the homeless people this coming winter?
Because if we aren't ready and more people freeze to death, we should all be asking 1 very important question;
"If the government haven't been busy helping, what have they been busy doing?"
And maybe we should also be more careful about what we wish for...
Jonathan Nash, 55, an accountant who lives in The Park, said: "That's the best news I have heard all week. "It is long overdue. I pretend I am on the phone sometimes so I don't have to be stopped when walking past them because I feel obliged to stop if they ask me. I don't want to be rude."
Rude? No, your not being rude...
PTYAY
Writen by Rebel-Dan