Do or do not. There is no try.<\/p>\n
What does it say about us as a society that a science fiction fictional character reflects more common sense on the question of ending homelessness than our so-called leaders. We must make a choice about homelessness \u2013 either we end it or we don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
As Mr. Philip Mangano\u2019s visit to Abbotsford makes clear, as evidenced by the experience of U.S. cities including some of similar size to Abbotsford, ending homelessness is a matter of our choice.<\/p>\n
If we choose to end homelessness then the symptoms that come with homelessness will end and we will have nothing to bitch about; if we choose to not end homelessness then stop bitching about the symptoms \u2013 you chose to live with them.<\/span><\/p>\n In either case stop bitching. All our \u201ctrying\u201d has accomplishing is nothing \u2013 except to waste the resources we could bring to bear on ending homelessness.<\/p>\n Do or do not. Choose.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do or do not. There is no try. What does it say about us as a society that a science fiction fictional character reflects more common sense on the question of ending homelessness than our so-called leaders. We must make a choice about homelessness \u2013 either we end it or we don\u2019t. As Mr. Philip Mangano\u2019s visit to Abbotsford makes clear, as evidenced by the experience of U.S. cities including some of similar size to Abbotsford, ending homelessness is a matter of our choice. If we choose to end homelessness then the symptoms that come with homelessness will end and we will have nothing to bitch about; if we choose to not end homelessness then stop bitching about the symptoms \u2013 you chose to live with them. In either case stop bitching. All our \u201ctrying\u201d has accomplishing is nothing \u2013 except to waste the resources we could bring to bear on ending homelessness. Do or do not. Choose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,13,20,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-federal","category-homeless","category-municipal","category-provincial"],"yoast_head":"\n