Should these types of benches be BANNED?
 

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Considering they are intended to stop homeless people from sleeping on them, do you think these should be banned?

vote in the poll

Yes it’s disgusting

i agree

It's nice to have armrests

it partitions the bench up so that no-one can hog it which seems sensible to me

idk it doesn't affect me so i'm not overly bothered but I can see why people would want them banned

Parks are for families to enjoy and they do not want to see a tramp sleeping or drinking/taking drugs

great idea

yes, i once saw a bench similar to this and i sat on the armrest in the middle, i had lots of pain from that and i cried because of the pain :sad:


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this is the sort of comfortable bench, seats what we have in our garden, something similar to this :flutter:

You're not supposed to sit on the armrest Nicky

would you be ok if some tramps came and sat on them and drank beer?

:nono: of course not, it's way too classy for that

they’re not for your bloody garden

D: what then for

the park, did you look at the photo?

no i want homeless people to sleep on a more comfortable bench in the park then and not with these armrests in the middle which might also be uncomfortable for the homeless

sorry, i misunderstood what you said

and ruin the park for mothers and babies?

wow, how mean

It’s just another thing in society that is trying to push homeless people out of sight so that people don’t have to “deal” with seeing it or recognise the real issue. These benches, spikes in doorways. Where do we want these people to go? It’s not going to make them go and live in a house. If the source of the problem isn’t being sorted out at least let the homeless be near people that can offer them food / money to survive.

:joker: I know I shouldn't laugh

and give homeless people absolutely nowhere to sleep?

wow how mean

Do you understand what parks are for?

:nono: homeless and the poor come first i think

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=294081

A 2015 solution to the mess we are in Matthew

No they do not - a park is a space for all and the benches are for sitting not boozing or sleeping

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i don’t know if anyone here has ever been homeless, but to those that are voting NO on the poll, if you were a homeless person, where would you go to sleep?

“A space for all” except homeless people? And you shouldn’t stereotype them all to be alcoholics and drug abusers.

i'm sure i've seen many homeless sleeping on a bench, and also drinking lots of booze as well

:idc:

There are plenty homeless shelter and charities that will help, no need to stink up public spaces and make women feel threatened

How are women threatened? I think that’s quite sexist to say that. My brother is currently homesless, and yes he was put into a hostel but a man who lived in the hostel threatened to kill him for accidentally using his milk so he was too scared to stay there and now lives on the streets. Why do you think things are so black and white?

And why do you think that a park should be violated by a few people. Its a park for people to enjoy and not to sleep in.

Its not hard to understand.

I have never been to a park and seen loads of homeless people sleeping there, using drugs and intimidating people. How is it harmful for people to sleep there overnight? If a non-homeless person goes to a park and feels threatened by homeless people they shouldn’t be in a park at that time.

And actually I see young people destroy parks and intimidate people a lot more than I have ever seen homeless people do.

true, but sometimes with graffiti they also create nice art in parks :love:

I don't have as much of an issue with these benches as I do with those horrific spikes that they put under sheltered areas.

A Bournemouth council spokesman said: “As a council, we need to maintain a careful balance between our responsibility to the wider public to ensure that amenities are available to them, and our duty of care to vulnerable members of our community, including people rough sleeping.

“Changes were made to a small number of benches in very specific locations in the town centre several months ago, and only following numerous complaints by members of the public and local traders. The complaints related to a number of the benches being unavailable to members of the public throughout the day due to people lying on them during the daytime.”

The council added it provided a “wide range of services for homeless people”, including 150 hostel beds and a “rough sleeper assertive outreach team”.

:clap1: Well done Bournemouth council

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a8186121.html

these are public benches, not homeless benches. The fact that some homeless people try and sleep on them, doesn't mean that is what they are there for. Also there are many more homeless than single occupancy park benches, so its pointless anyway.

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Yes those. ****ing disgusting tbh.

Id like to get some installed in the chat thread