[Noisebridge-discuss] lets help Laurent by helping him move... out

[Gopiballava Flaherty]

I see some analogies here with drug policy and harm reduction. If there was a shower, would he use it? Would the classrooms stink less? Would that end up making people try less hard to solve the problem and thus increase the permanent resident count?

Thanks,

gopi at iPhone


On Feb 21, 2012, at 14:02, Arnold Murray <arnold.murray at ymail.com> wrote:

> Besides sleeping in the space when he thinks no one can see him,
> my concern with Laurent is he smells really bad.  I am really afraid
> he sees Noisebridge not as a step up to better things, but as a terminal
> destination.  He'll keep puttering around in the space until the
> Ohlone show up and reclaim the Mission from the evils of western
> civilization and Mission Creek is totally daylighted.  As it stands,
> he's not going anywhere.  He's comfortable. 
> 
> How can get help for Laurent?  He hasn't flipped out and threatened 
> to kill anyone or convert people into zines.  If I were homeless,
> Noisebridge would be Shangri-La for me.  Free food!  Wifi!  People
> will mend my clothes!  Cool, interesting people!  
> 
> I really want him to succeed in life, but success should not be measured in how bad the stench in Turing or Church is.
> 
> Doesn't someone on the list aggregate all homeless services in SF?
> Can you introduce Laurent to the many fine services SF pays for,
> and get him out of the space?
> 
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