One of the many examples of state violence against homeless folks.

Summerspeaker,

This is not violence, its enforcing the law. Woods repeatedly ignored warnings from the police.If you are so concerned about the homeless, perhaps you could invite them into your house.

The law is violence, Zekester. You can stay it’s legitimate force, but it sure ain’t peaceful. Don’t deceive yourself. As far as my house goes, I don’t have one. I rent a room. The place isn’t nearly as warm or spacious as Popejoy. And of course there are plenty of nice houses in the city that are partially or entirely empty. There’s no real scarcity of sleeping facilities, only an insane distribution scheme.

Summerspeaker,

Yes, the homeless situation is bad and perhaps at times unfair. But maybe if you had a house you’d have a different perspective. Not all, but enough homeless violate my property rights. They urinate and defecate on it. They pass out on it. And they toss old clothes and empty alcohol containers and occasionally syringes.
I’m glad UNM police are preventing them from setting up house in Popejoy and I’d like to see the City do more along these lines.

All homeless to my house tonight! Like I said before: “One of the many examples of state violence against homeless folks.”

(Sad Violin music please.) I will help you by feeding you, clothing you, bathing you, and now housing you. You see, I am a compassionate Communist who wants to spread the wealth where all of us are equal, equally poor! Maybe we could all buy a few innertubes and meet at Key West and make our way to Cuba the Island Paradise! (Sala Music please.) Free health care. Arroz con pollo for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. What’s really great about Cuba is that you don’t even have to think there since one man does all the thinking for everyone.

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Women aren’t objects to be shared, doppelgänger. Couldn’t you have mocked me without the misogyny?

I’m a chick dick! Aren’t you aware of that small fact? C’mon

The police, world wide, no longer “work” to benefit the people. They have turned into a corporate enforcing gang.

If we all truly knew the suffering of others, we would notice how it could be drastically truncated by the change of our mindsets. Greed will never let peace be free.

“Greed” is a personal problem. Not yours. It has nothing to do with peace, even if you are talking in the third person…

No, greed is a societal problem. Capitalists believe in a form of magic known as the invisible hand that allows them to indulge in avarice yet still produces the best result for everyone. We need to discard this superstition. If you want equality, work for equality. The market won’t generate it.

Popejoy Hall is a concert hall located inside the building called the Center for the Arts. Don’t call the whole building Popejoy Hall.

I would call the police if I had a trespasser.

There are security reasons, aside from littering and creeping people out, to keep homeless out of places where they don’t belong.

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Udy, you are correct in your comments. The homeless can sometimes be litterers, destructive of property, and even a danger to others and their own persons. In this case, I can’t attest as to what problems Arnold Woods did or did not pose with his presence on campus.

I do know, however, that he has undergone several years of adversity that is attributable to his health decline and subsequent state of confusion. As a graduate of the University of New Mexico in 1982, Arnold was provided the opportunity to obtain gainful employment at the state’s premiere employers; namely, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Intel.

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