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  • If people are being human trafficked they're not doing well.

    This idea that all homeless people are fronts for gangs however is a right wing idea that rarely or never plays out. A gang can make money drug dealing, stealing cars, even petty theft, all are going to pay much higher amounts than sitting in the train station begging for change.

  • I believe also with homeless people it’s more complicated than one of the extremes. Some just pretend to be homeless. Some really are. And really in need. Some will waste your money for alcohol and some need a warm sleeping bag to get through the night. There is probably more than meets the eye. And it’s always difficult to tell.

    Nobody who is doing well is sitting outside in December begging for change. It's dehumanising. If someone is down on their luck and wants a beer to get through then it's not a waste.

    Personally we have some good homeless charities around here so I tend to report them using an app which brings out volunteers to help them get supplies, a hostel, and benefits which is more money than I can spare, but if I have food or drink (including sometimes alcohol) going I usually donate that too.

    It's important to put yourself in their shoes.

  • There's some very wrong answers here. So most of the time you can't film a person without consent for broadcast, for TV or just your 12 follower youtube channel.

    There are a few exceptions and the relevant one here is breaking the law, so if you are smuggling drugs for example, then you can be recorded and broadcast. If suspected of a crime and currently being dealt with by authorities, so say if you were being searched suspected of drug dealing then you could be filmed against your will legally, BUT, if no drugs were found then it can't then be broadcast.

    Now with the Indian man you are discussing, he did break the law, kinda, unknowingly, but if you broadcast him this would be a defence, HOWEVER, I would never cause that's bullshit, did they blur his face? Cause morally that would be the right decision. It's an important story to show, possibly a type of human trafficing, but the person/victim should not be shown.

    Now for your end questions, you have a right to request them not to record, they may have a different right to continue and should explain this to you, but if you've done nothing wrong then the footage gets deleted and it's just an annoying thing that happened one time.

    Police record everything on bodycam, they sometimes have a camera crew with them, same rules apply for them as above, but when dealing with the police you are always recorded, this is for your protection and theirs. If you commit a crime they can broadcast this.

    If an officer at the airport wants to search your luggage and you say no then it really depends on the type of officer but it's quite likely that you won't be admitted into the country. If you haven't gone through immigration then they can send you back for basically any reason, and refusing to be searched, drug tested, interrogated, etc, all counts.

  • I think it's important to understand why these people are mad. It's really simplistic to say 'raise better kids', and the point of teaching people not to hurt is a bit tricky when positioned in a world where people are being hurt constantly.

    Any good person raised in an environment where their own country is murdering children is going to have questions. You feel helpless when the whole world is comfortable with inhumane torture.

    The problem that needs fixing is much much wider.

  • The Hebdo drawing wasn't light hearted fun though, it was right wingers trying to wind up religious people. Obviously there's never any excuse for murder but publicly attacking a whole religion will upset a lot of people, and things can lead on from that.

  • Ah, yup, the new one is indeed that much. Second hand are widely available but tbf, it's worth the cost to me. Around the same price as a new washing machine and I'd probably choose the litter robot first if I had to choose.

  • I have a litter robot, it's brilliant. You can use any clumping litter, there's a guide to get your cats used to it, no smell at all, no cleaning, and the bags in the base can be anything. I use a cheap clumping litter, the cheapest clay based one seems to work best for me but you can use any clumping that has small grains.

    What happens is that I get a message to my phone about once a week telling me to take the old bag out and put the new bag in. I couldn't live without it now.

  • A 3 year old needs structured play so you have two choices here, firstly find a seperate adult to do the things the younger child needs, or secondly you can do the same activity but tier it. So say you want to teach the older child to paint with watercolours, that's cool, get the younger one some paints too but they aren't learning techniques but maybe being given a colouring page and working on painting between the lines.

    Maybe the older one wants to play pokemon, get the little one an age appropriate game or interactive story on the ipad and help them both.

  • I've learned how to order clothes this year. I was going to a wedding and was struggling to find a dress so I ordered 8 from various shops then returned the ones that didn't work. I'd previously ordered 3 and had to send all 3 back, then I ordered the 8 and found a favourite and a back up.

    For obvious reasons this will remain a very infrequent plan.