Dear editor,
I would like to address the people who think that homeless people shouldn鈥檛 be helped because they got themselves into it by their own actions and choices.
Sure, fine.
I don鈥檛 think the fire department should attend house fires at private homes. After all, those people set their own houses on fire. Either by negligence or by not carefully inspecting every inch of wiring before they bought the house, and so on. They should have known better.
I don鈥檛 think emergency services should attend people who鈥檙e having health emergencies. After all, the person who is sick/dying didn鈥檛 take good enough care of themselves, or didn鈥檛 take precautions to avoid an accident. It鈥檚 entirely their own fault, and they need to take responsibility.
Is my point made yet?
No one intends to get into trouble. But once we are, sometimes we need help to get out of it. After all, we鈥檙e only human. God forbid any of you need any help one day.
Stephanie Lytle,
Courtenay
