Someone is a fan of platformers

No.
Those armrests make it easier for old or infirm people to get up.
Most parks I know of get locked up at night, so the homeless wouldn't have access to them.
I absolutely hate all those spikes:fist:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...anti-homeless/


Pop superstar Ed Sheeran, who spent nights sleeping rough on the streets of London early in his career, has won planning permission to install “anti-homeless” railings outside his £8m London home.

The 27-year old singer is now authorised to install pedestrian gates and cast iron railings outside his converted Victorian brickworks in Kensington and Chelsea, which will "prevent opportunities for rough sleeping" according to his planning agent.

good ol Ed :umm2:

No,Just because homeless people exist doesn’t mean things should be banned.

I’ve never actually seen a bench like that tbh.Must be in those posh Shires.

They look dangerous.I’d think they’ll go after a few people trip and make injury claims.

that’s actually what gave me the idea to make this thread

Yes... those benches make it to uncomfortable to have a make out sesh... or a cuddle with your lover... and we all know benches are for lovers

I like to rest my arm on them, so nah

Surely grass is more comfy than a bench in the summer...take them off for the winter cause no sane person sits on a cold bench.

Who was the former BB housemate who did a sponsored "homelessathon" for a week?

or just take them off... and keep them off.

Ashaleeeeen.

but there will still be armrests most of the time. one on the far left hand side of the bench, and another at the far right hand side of the bench

I don't want to hog the whole bench tho

In the old days we had actual park keepers who would chase of homeless and keep the park good for families and old people

how often do you sit on park benches

And now they have to chase off the old people for the good of the homeless. It's weird how these things go in cycles...

no we design benches for people to sit on and not for folk to sleep on making parks intimidating

HOw about in your house or the shed in the garden. Not so keen on that no doubt.

'You can't talk about society dehumanising the homeless unless you're willing to let a stranger live with you!'

I'm not actually sure,benches are made for people to sit down not for the homeless to sleep, it's useful for the elderly and people who suffer from a disability.

yes they need to be taken the majority of people don't need armrests all over the bench yet homeless people need a place to sleep. im sure there are expectations but the majority don't need those sort of benches

Yeah, you can.
I have had a stranger live with me ... a street kid who had lost their way... but if I hadn't I still would he allowed to have a conversation about homelessness. It's what democratic societies have social servives set up for. Just because my govt failed in the duties my taxes pay for... doesn't mean I should be doing their job for them by letting people sleep in my house.

tea

Yeah the homeless are very fussy about that.

No they shouldn’t be banned. I like a bench with an armrest

Strawman argument.

Can anyone tell me is there any need to be homeless in the UK at the mo in terms of hostels and charities and council?

no offence but you sound like you’re saying it’s a choice

can you answer the question?

nobody chooses to be homeless,

Not sure anyone could begrudge a homeless person sleeping on a bench at a time they're curled up in their own bed in a warm house.

Again, I have worked with various levels of people in poverty and on the streets.... and I have met many who did choose it. They don't fit into societal norms in their own right... and would refuse a roof over their heads over the night sky. But by that token... why do we refuse them a bench to sleep on at night? Why not live and let live. Not everyone fits into the mold we say they should.

but its not that is it

its drunks and druggies

dont peddle the innocent homeless myth

there are charities and council help for genuine homeless but there are those who shun that

i want to protect those who use parks for children and old people

i hope you do too

Homelessness leading to addiction or addiction leading to homelessness isn't genuine?

Don't peddle that sh*t!

:joker::joker:

you can only help those who want to help themselves

its not big brother

unless you want to take people against their will?

its hardly a laughing matter to score likes

:skull:

I haven't suggested you go and force counselling on a random drug addict LT.

Trying to take every last little right away from people who already have nothing is unnecessarily vindictive.

And for what? So Beatrice can take the twins to the park without the real world and its problems spoiling the terribly chipper and perfectly middle class view she's inflicting upon them that doesn't and will never exist?