| ▲ | protocolture 4 days ago |
| Crazy to me that they exempted him from the vagrancy laws. Like "Oh we can have one mysterious and entertaining vagrant". |
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| ▲ | tristor 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It mentions in his Wikipedia article that he had money although the source was unknown. The issue with vagrancy throughout history is not the vagrancy itself primarily, but the problems of theft and anti-social behaviors that go with it. Since this person had money, didn't steal, and seemed to mostly leave people alone, they weren't a problem and got an exemption because they were well known. |
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| ▲ | protocolture a day ago | parent [-] | | If only they had thought to make anti social behaviours like theft a crime. |
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| ▲ | titanomachy 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Ten separate towns did so. And people left food for him, like Santa Claus. He must have meant something to them. |
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| ▲ | foreigner 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Similar to Leslie Cochran in Austin. |
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| ▲ | sidewndr46 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Was that actually a thing? He passed away before I ever met him. | | |
| ▲ | pavel_lishin 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Was what actually a thing? Leslie? Leslie was definitely a person who existed, who was a sort of local weirdo. I met him, once, probably have a photo I could dig out somewhere. |
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| ▲ | oldpersonintx2 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Because he didn't scream at people, leave used needles in the street, or pass out in gutters. |
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| ▲ | Y-bar 3 days ago | parent [-] | | ”Homed” people do those things, quite often, yet I have to se any anti-vacancy laws. It is telling that society regularly outlaws afflictions like homelessness or situations like vagrancy instead of targeting the specific instances of bad behaviour that ought to be the problem. | | |
| ▲ | that_guy_iain 3 days ago | parent [-] | | We outlaw homelessness because we don't want homeless people on the streets littering the place. The bad behaviours you want to be outlawed are in fact already outlawed. It's just super hard to catch and convict on those. While it's a lot easier to prove someone is sleeping rough. | | |
| ▲ | Y-bar 3 days ago | parent [-] | | That’s two major problems baked into one. First: We hide the symptoms behind a veneer of illegality which allows us to ignore the underlying causes. Second: We intentionally write laws which has a proportionally negative effect based on social and medical class of citizens. A class which is already facing hardships. ”The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” | | |
| ▲ | astroflection 3 days ago | parent [-] | | There should be a majestic law that forbids both the rich and poor to use their position in public office to enrich themselves. |
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| ▲ | hyperhello 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| "The law says no vagrants. We're allowed to have one." |
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