SOCB51H3 Lecture : Week Four - Waldron notes.docx
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Keywords: communitarian, public sphere, homeless people, the law. Lawsuit: needless to say, the lawsuit was unsuccessful, the law of people living on the streets was banned in 1995. People in the public sphere perceive homeless people as dirty people, they take shit outside and don"t have a constant job. The former society, where some individuals have no choice but to live all their lives in public, that same complementarily cannot prevail. To be truly public a space must be orderly enough to invite the entry of a large majority of those who come to it. A downtown area comes dangerous to pedestrian safety and economic vitality when individuals block the public sidewalks, thereby cuasing a steady cycle of decline as residents and tourist go elsewhere to meet, shop and dine. The offence and annoyance to ordinary citizens caused by the presence and activities of homeless people in public space.
