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CentralCali
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 Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:11 am Post subject: Korail to expless homeless from Seoul Station |
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From Korea Times:
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By Kim Tae-jong
Korail, the national railroad operator, said Wednesday it will forcibly move homeless people out of Seoul Station from August.
In response, many express concerns saying it could threaten their lives and cause other adverse side-effects.
The measures are the result of continuous complaints from citizens using the station saying that there are too many homeless people causing inconvenience to travelers, Korail officials said.
�About 300,000 people use the station a day and they experience inconvenience because of the homeless there. Sometimes, some of the homeless harass innocent citizens for no reason,� Lim seok-gyu, official from Korail, said. �It is a move to make the station a more pleasant and safer place for citizens, which is the most important thing that we should do.� |
Yes, it's sad that some people don't have a home. Yes, it's tough to live on the street. But more important is that the traveling public has a right to not be harassed and/or assaulted. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| Why not just arrest those that are breaking the law/harrassing people? |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Where will they move them to exactly? |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| �It is a move to make the station a more pleasant and safer place for citizens, which is the most important thing that we should do.� |
The homeless aren't citizens? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Just moving them won't solve the real problem, but that is not Korail's responsibility. Maybe by moving them, it will create enough of a stir to prod the government to address the issue. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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Better to have the homeless congregating in one place than dispersed...
If they are congregated they are more apt to fight amongst each other. If they are disperse the chance of them harassing someone in the public is greater. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I disagree. One homeless person per station would seem peaceful enough. Throw 100 into one area, and you're bound to get conflict. |
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carleverson
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:57 am Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
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| �It is a move to make the station a more pleasant and safer place for citizens, which is the most important thing that we should do.� |
The homeless aren't citizens? |
They're citizens but they're causing a public nuisance by bothering other citizens commuting to work. I don't have an answer to the homeless problem but allowing them to stay and doing nothing isn't the answer IMHO. |
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Konglishman
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:30 am Post subject: Re: Korail to expless homeless from Seoul Station |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
From Korea Times:
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By Kim Tae-jong
Korail, the national railroad operator, said Wednesday it will forcibly move homeless people out of Seoul Station from August.
In response, many express concerns saying it could threaten their lives and cause other adverse side-effects.
The measures are the result of continuous complaints from citizens using the station saying that there are too many homeless people causing inconvenience to travelers, Korail officials said.
�About 300,000 people use the station a day and they experience inconvenience because of the homeless there. Sometimes, some of the homeless harass innocent citizens for no reason,� Lim seok-gyu, official from Korail, said. �It is a move to make the station a more pleasant and safer place for citizens, which is the most important thing that we should do.� |
Yes, it's sad that some people don't have a home. Yes, it's tough to live on the street. But more important is that the traveling public has a right to not be harassed and/or assaulted. |
I wonder has this really been such a big problem. I have walked by them numerous times on the way the jimjilbang behind the station and have not had a problem with them even once. I wonder if this is more of a case of some people just trying to make a mountain out of a molehill which seems to happen sometimes in Korean society. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| When I worked there I was harassed many times...to the point of being sometimes grabbed by them. |
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