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		GiraffeNecktie on Aug 11, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor? As the child of a veteran, the part that offends me is that a guy who literally took a bullet on the behalf of the rest of us is now just a nuisance to be hustled out of sight by the police. Americafail.

bilbo0s on Aug 11, 2009 | [–]

Wish I could upvote you more guy.

Personally, I think the fact that so many of our homeless are veterans should be criminal. But this is a democracy, and I am out voted.

buofbouy on Aug 11, 2009 | [–]

But he was a veteran of a war that they lost.

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