Comments and Emails from Around the World We'd like to thank the hundreds of people who sent words of support and encouragement for Bum Bot. We even enjoyed reading the emails from our critics. It's obvious that most people who have seen the videos and read the news stories and articles "get it." Let's all keep up the good fight. Very
sincerely,
Thanks for patrolling the streets! Come to Chicago, we need a Robo Cop here! Good Luck! ________ Sir, I just read about your "Bum Bot" and I have to say "right on". All I have to say about the people that are complaining is TOUGH. We need more people like you in this country and maybe we would not have all the crime and stress that is tearing our country apart. Keep up the good work! Larry ________ Good for
you. Just read about your invention. Always amuses me when the people
from the Task Force for the Homeless bitch and moan that you aren't doing
enough to stop homelessness and poverty. That's their job, as if it could
ever be accomplished in the first place. They won't be around to police
your neighborhood when crime waxes up and down your street, but they want
you to do more! ________ Love Bum
Bot keep up the good work. ________ Dear Mr.
Terrill, ________ Let me see if I understand what is going on here... Terrill is using his own personal time and resources to protect his property and that of his immediate neighbors when local 'authorities' can't or won't help. His methods are non-lethal, and he seems to be effective at merely moving the problem elsewhere. Anita Beaty (director of Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless) whines that he's not addressing the homeless problem. Irrelevant and off point, Anita. It's not Terrill's job to do that - it's your job, Miss. If the city of Atlanta wants a better solution for the homeless and jobless situation than Terrill's, maybe the city should use more of its own resources at "...casting attention to the deep, deep poverty in Atlanta." Terrill's job as a private citizen is to protect and serve himself and his family and to become as successful as he can within his community. He seems to be doing just that - all without sucking up any city resources. How about some kudos for Terrill, Atlanta? You need more self sufficient citizens like Terrill. THAT will help your homeless and jobless problems. BTW Terrill, I can't believe you're a Democrat - you sound and act more like a conservative Republican. Posted: military.com blogger ________ Hi Rufus
and Linda, ________ Great job
on the BumBot and being the ad-hoc sherriff in your neighborhood! I wish
more citizens were like-minded. ________ Fabulous! Just Fabulous! I think it is a great idea and think this will help clean up the streets! More people should do this and it would lessen the overloaded police duties… Bravo and keep on botting!!! Thank-You, I just read an article on CNN.com about your efforts to curb crime in your tavern’s neighborhood, and I just wanted to say keep up the good work. Kevin H. ________ Highlander is spot on! A major BZ to Mr. Terrill! Maybe Ms. Beaty needs this figurative kick in the pants to start going proactive and stop whining - it's HER job to work on solutions to the poverty & vagrancy in that area, not Terrill's. And Mr. educator, Christensen at GT, needs to do the same - instead of negative sniping at Terrill, use some that wealth of brainpower at GT and work with the city on solving said problems. Terrill's doing what he can as a private citizen, policing his property and his neighbors', without compensation, and even giving employment to the homeless. He's certainly NOT the villain in this evolution! Posted: military.com blogger ________ All hail
bumbot!!!! ( Too bad you can't use the water cannon) ________ Terrill’s Pub, Thank you so very much for doing something about the crime and drugs in your area. I live in Pa. in the rural area, and there is not much crime here where I live. Although the city of Williamsport is just 17 miles from where I live and the gangs and crime and drugs is very rampant there. I applaud you for your invention and wish more areas would do the same thing. I read about your pub and robot on my computer and I had to laugh when I read the article. It something which my father would of done if he were still alive.LOL Keep up the good work and keep the Bum Bot on patrol. Sincerely,
Minnie, Hughesville, Pa I just read about your bot on the News Vault...it's one of the coolest things I've heard in a long time. You're doing the right thing; nobody should have to be intimidated by thugs and criminals. Especially since our country is run by thugs and criminals. I wish we had a bot to take care of them. Keep up the good work, man! If I'm ever in Atlanta I'll definitely have a few beers at O'Terrill's! ________ I just wanted
to tell you how much I enjoyed reading about Bum Bot in the online Palm
Beach Post! GREAT IDEA!!!! Too bad more people aren't as concerned about
their neighborhoods as you are - we sure could use them!!! Keep up the
brilliant work! ________ Dear sirs, I don’t even know you, or where you live, but your Bum-bot has given you some good press. I would like to thank you for taking a stand against lazy scum bags who won’t get a job, go to a shelter, or just plain do the right thing. You make us proud to be an American to get up and go to work, and protect your family and way of life and living. To hell with the homeless advocates, etc, maybe if they spent more time rehabilitating these useless sad sacks into productive members of society as you have become, we would all be better off. I hope your idea takes off, and you get wealthy and move to a place where your Bum-bot can roam free! You have proud fans watching you take back America and the streets. Sincerely, Paul D., Bridgewater, Ma ________ Hi,
Rufus! ________ I just read the article about the bum bot that you guys have patrolling outside the pub, and i think thats the best idea i've heard of in a long time. The next time I'm in Atlanta visiting some of my family, I will be sure to come by and see this for myself and personally thank Mr. Terrill for such a great invention. I live right outside of Greenville, SC and we have a homeless problem also (not as bad as Atlanta's of course) but there are still places in town where homeless people hang around outside of certain restaurant's drive thru's and hassle people when they're leaving, wanting food or change. I have no problem with the homeless, don't get me wrong, but large cities need to take some type of action to help with their homeless problems. And when the problem is too much for the city to handle, I see nothing wrong with restaurant owners taking action like you all. Good job. ________ Hey, I went to GT 20 years ago and there were bums downtown back then. I’m glad to see that someone is doing something about it. The bums are one of the main reasons I left ATL., that and the communists who run the city council. It’s too bad that they have to quote some liberal pussy professor from my school, not all of us feel that way. Keep up the good work Billy, Columbia, SC ________ Mister Terrill! Semper Paratus! ________ Keep up the GREAT work. I have $20.00 if and when you 'spuirt' someone....Get'm GOOD! Tom ________ I read about
Bum Bot. I think it's a great idea. I also think that people who have
a problem with it should solve the problem. ________ It's great
to hear of someone doing what the elected and appointed 'officials' should
be doing with the good people of Atlanta's tax dollars. ________ Keep it up! The only reason bad things happen is because good people do nothing. You are doing something. Thank you. Greg ________ OMG... ________ KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, YOUR FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT, DON'T LET ANYONE STOP YOU . THIS IS STILL AMERICA YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DEFEND YOU HOME AND BUSINESS ANY WAY YOU SEE FIT, SINCE IT SEEMS YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE UNWILLING TO HAVE THE POLICE DO THIER JOB, WHAT CHOICE DO YOU HAVE? KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. ________ I just read the article, via a link on Drudge Report, about your business and Bum Bot. It is not your responsibility to cure homelessness, vagrancy, or poverty. Your business is to protect your business and neighborhood. Keep up the good work and don't let those Social Engineers discourage you! Next time I am in Atlanta I will definitely patronize your business. Sincerely, ________ They don't want to intimidate gangsters, but gangsters intimidating everyone else is okay! Hang tough, Next time I'm in Atlanta you've got my business All the best!! ________ OY OY OY
FOR THE BUM BOT.....BUILD A FLEET AND TURN THEM LOOSE...TODAY ATLANTA,
TOMORROW, THE HALLS OF CONGRESS !!!!!! ________ Ruffus, Judging by your website, your Pub seems and feels like the one I would like to have in my neighborhood. Have a great continued success with your robocop and in your mayoral campaign. I can see why all these people are protesting against the poor and inoffensive thing and giving you the rap. They are a bunch of jealous people who want to ride on your popularity. Forget them. Best wishes, Marco.- ________ Just read
the news article on your robot and all I need to say is; OOrah!! Screw
the idiots who complain. Homeless Advocates. Uhh spend more time getting
these people off the streets then complaining about a freakin robot, politicians,
top the needles and drugs that litter that area, especially if a child
daycare center is close by and start having your robot qouting R LEe Emery
from Full Metal JAcket. ________ Hi, ________ I was glad to see that someone is taking charge on policing their own area. I live in Austin, TX and we too have many problems with the homeless, and the city will not do anything to outlaw panhandling. Keep up the good work, and you should expand your venture to Austin. Semper Fi Devil Dog!! Pura Vida, JCB ________ Mr. Terrill,
I just read about your BumBot. I admire you. I'm sure you've been told
this by many people, but I'll offer the same unsolicited advice: patent
it and get it mass-produced; you'll sell lots of them. In fact, every
inner city police precinct in the country should have 20 of them. ________ Just read
the article about your Bum Bot and this is what I have to say about it.
Keep up the good work, I am sick and tired of the bleeding hearts telling
everyone, you are not allowed to protect your own property, you can not
use deadly force if someone breaks into your home, you can use deadly
force only if your life is in peril. (I guess I am supposed to ask if
they are there to kill me!) I think when someone is on private property
and can be scared off by a robot then they were there for something illegal. ________ I just read about the Bum ‘bot. Bully for you. I can never understand why some people think that vagrants and winos have an unabridged right to run down neighborhoods that are home to decent people. If your detractors want to put their money where their mouths are, let them start a program to teach these people enough skills to get a job. (Make participation in that program a prerequisite to getting assistance and watch the rats scatter). Most people who run these shelters think they are some sort of noble, depression-era soup kitchen deal for those who are simply down on their luck. What they seem to fail to grasp is that you end up with every no-good freeloader in the county, out on your doorstep “spanging” for coins or breaking into working people’s cars to get their fix money. I have plenty of sympathy for folks who simply need a little help, but they are probably 5% of the homeless population. The rest are simply bums. ________ I just read
an article about your bum bot. To me you're a hero of sorts, especially
since you're up against the usual bunch of weenies that always rush to
the defense of bad guys everywhere. Just wait until the ACLU gets in on
it, and don't think they won't. ________ I read the
article on your bum-bot on patrol. ________ I heard about your Bum Bot on the news. GOOD WORK! Keep it up and please don't let anybody stop you in your pursuit of law and safety for your neighborhood, your customers, and the children. You are absolutely right in this matter and don't let anybody tell you different! John ________ Excellent! I heard you on 1670AM in Madison, WI. As a "in the process" designer/inventor, I give you major cudo's on your robot. It's great to see this type of ingenuity. I will be visiting your business when i find myself in your area! Kurt ________ I read about your Bum Bot on the Drudge Report and thought it was a GREAT IDEA! I just wanted to let you know that even though I obviously don’t live in Atlanta I think this is a novel and apparently effective way to deal with a real problem. Nobody else has a solution but a lot of them can sure criticize you. They seemed to be upset that you are not solving the drug, crime, homelessness problem for them but I don’t think that is your intent with the Bum Bot. They apparently would prefer to let drug needles be left where children can get at them instead. Anyway I just wanted to say GOOD JOB and please keep it up. Sincerely, Joseph D, Farmington, MN ________ Three cheers for you and Bum Bot! You've obviously
done more to address poverty and unemployment in your I'll stop by next time I'm in town. Jim C, Flagstaff, AZ ________ Hi Mr. Terrill – I just read the article about your robot and I, for one, think it is great! You should find a company to market it nationwide; believe me it would sell like hotcakes! I EVEN WANT ONE! Keep up your spirits! The only ones protesting against you are the bums and their sympathizers! More people need to do this!!! REGARDS ALL THE WAY FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA!!! Courtney C ________ I LOVE IT
- and I am sooo glad that you took the initiative and created a solution
to the problem. Reader's Digest needs to give you a heroes award. I adore
robots and want one. You need to patent your robot and sell them - it
would be a real money maker. Be careful out there - make sure you are
"packing" - because the drug dealers are dangerous to you and
your robot won't protect them form hurting you. Can you arm it with a
taser? There's an idea! Good Luck! Kudos to you forever!! If I ever come
to Atlanta - I will stop by the bar to visit. A devoted fan, Mr.Terrill I saw an article about your robot today and I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your efforts. I agree with your opinion and I think you approach is completely reasonable. I applaud you and I wish nothing but the best for your business, your family and your robot. You are a great American. God Bless
and Semper Fi, ________ Mr. Terrill: Congratulations, you're an asshole. Desperate, down and out people are still human beings. Your NIMBY attitude would be much more useful if you spent your time and energy finding ways to help end homelessness and provide dignified housing options to people without hope of their own. Try a little compassion sometime, and ask yourself: "who would Jesus spray with a robot water hose?" If you're less stupid than you seem, you'll come up with this answer: no one. Christopher C. ________ hi, of course i found out about you via news on yahoo about your bum bot. i applaud your actions. keep up the good work, and when the tshirts are available i would appreciate it if you would contact me so i can order one. next time i am in atlanta i will be stopping by your bar for some food and drinks.best regards, jesse (florida) ________ I just read the story of your Bum Bot. I am behind you 100%. Many small business owners have a dream of owning and running successfully a small business all their own. Problems such as yours what with the bums have ruined many small businesses. Why you would be chastised for protecting what is yours is simply do-gooders not helping you but sticking up for the bums. The child care center is at risk. What is the city doing about that? If they care about their children, shouldn’t they also care about their small business owners? What a shame. I hope you come out of this unscathed. Sally ________ I read the article in the paper about your "Bum Bot". I think it's great! You're doing the right thing about getting the area safer. Plus that fool who who compared it to the Terminator should maybe do what your doing. Something good for the area. The Terminator was a movie and your Bum Bot isn't killing any Sarah Connors! Hey, you can tell them that if they make you get rid of you Bum Bot, you'd walk the streets like Buford Pusser in "Walking Tall" Good luck! ________ I just read with much amusement and wonder about your Bum Bot 2000! Thanks for trying to keep your community safe! I live in Texas, but travel frequently. The next time I’m in Atlanta, I promise I will go to O’Terrill’s! Thanks, Mike, Laredo, TX ________ Just read the story online and I think you're terrific--what a great idea. I would say the "activists" who disapprove are so busy jerking their knees they can't think. Yeah, you're picking on idiots, addicts and criminals. Keep up the good work. Shelley S ________ I've read
the article (quite large) in today's San Diego Tribune (Wed 4/23). If
you were running for President we would vote for you!!! What a great idea
and demonstratable evidence of original thinking and a willingness to
step forward and do something about a problem. Your leadership makes me
proud to say that I also am an----former Marine. When we are in Atlanta
we will without question make arrangements to come to your Club. Good
luck and if you need any help and support from this far away please ask. Hi, ________ Great idea. I just don't
get it on how vagrants(people living on the streets) have a right or an
entitlement to live on the streets. Thank You ________ Fantastic.
I just read an article on yahoo news about your robot. I lived in a similar
area in Cleveland until a year and a half ago. I know what its like to
have to clean up after the vagrants and worrying about friends and loved
ones being accosted by prostitutes and druggies. I applaud your efforts
to clean up your part of your city. Keep it up! Without people like you
helping to hold on to the city it would soon deteriorate into a no mans
land. And anyone who argues that point need only visit Detroit to see
what its like when the inmates run the city. ________ I just wanted
to let you know I heartily support what you are doing. Don't let the bleedin'
liberals get to you. ________ Rufus, Linda, ________ Dear Mr.
Terrill, Julie ________ Bum
Bot rules! You have found a creative solution to a problem and I applaud
you. ________ My husband
heard about this on the radio. Hooray for you. How funny! But, I live
in Michigan. Would there be any way you could put the video feed on the
internet? ________ Hi, I just read the article about Mr. Terrill and his 'bum bot' - I want to applaud you - I think it is fantastic! The article quotes all these people who think you should focus your energy on 'solving' the problem of vagrancy instead of 'moving it elsewhere' - but I don't see why it is YOUR burden! Do we not have the right to protect our property anymore? We're talking about people who don't care about their rights - only about their next fix or meal - they don't care about the hard work you've put into establishing your business or about the safety of the children at the center nearby - I hope you withstand the firestorm of objections and continue to come up with creative ways to exercise your rights and protect your patrons - my family can't wait to visit O-Terrills the next time we're in Atlanta! Your fans, ________ You keep doing what u think u need to do to keep ur part of the world save . If we all did something like this Bum Bot thing or just spoke out more our neighborhoods would be safer. U keep going strong Rufus & Bum Bot. ________ I just read about you & Bum Bot in Yahoo news & I say WAY TO GO.... It is about time people stood up for themselves & others. I was disgusted to read comments by people in your area who said you should be doing more to help the homeless/drug addict problem than patrolling around your business & your neighbors. If they have time to bad mouth you about your solution then they should be out fixing the problem. Anyway I just wanted to show you some support. Have a great day, Jeff. ________ Hello Rufus and Linda! I just read the news story on your Security Robot. Keep up the good work! (LOL) I used to go to Atlanta frequently and I think it needs about 1200 more “Bum Bots” on patrol! Best and Warmest Regards, Mike W ________ Read about
you all in a Yahoo news report by AP. ________ Read
an article about your Bum Bot...... Good luck! :-) Bud ________ Just want to drop a line of support for the Bum Bot. This is a great idea! I bet you'll get a lot of mail from people whining that you are violating people's rights or some such garbage (I got your e-mail from your website, which was linked in the article). Don't listen to them. These people aren't homeless because of affordable housing or jobs; they're homeless because they're addicts or have mental problems or are lazy. They certainly have no right to vandalize property or litter a childcare center with needles, and shame on the people who apparently feel that they do! Keep it up with Bum Bot, and good for you for standing up to these bums and the activists who support them. You have at least one big fan in New York City! Mike ________ I just want to congratulate you on being smart enough to have invented the Bum Bot, and encourage you to continue sending him on patrol! Disregard the nay-sayers, and continue "intimidating" the local criminals!!! I wish someone in my home town had been smart enough to think of this! If only I lived in Atlanta... ________ If you have read: http://www.9news.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=90458 I think you are a freakin’ hero… this article says something about “homeless advocates”… these are the idiots who are also advocating letting millions of illegals into our country. I say you are a HERO, keep it up. You have every right to keep these lowlifes off your property and I feel like you are doing a service to your community. Just my 2 cents, I love to hear of red blooded Americans standing their ground! Dwayne, Red Blooded in Colorado ________ Mr.Terrill, h.r. ________ I enjoyed reading about the hows and whys of BumBot, I’m delighted that you are tired of waiting for the authorities to regain sense and fix the problem. With such an outcry, it sounds like you are getting it done. Best of luck from Kelly, New Tazewell, TN ________ Way to go
on the Bum Bot; great idea. I live in St. Louis, and we could use a Bum
Bot around here. Don't let the hippies deter you. ________ Dear Mr.
Terrill ________ I don't think
your bot is a bad idea. Maybe if you didn't call it the "Bum Bot",
people wouldn't feel so negative about it. ________ Rufus, ________ Mr Rufus Terrill, I just read the article about your robot and I say “Good for you!”. I live in Seattle, WA and we have our fair share of vagrants and crooks and druggies and I applaud what you are doing to keep your neighborhood safe! Don’t let those pansies who are complaining that what you are doing is “intimidating” and that it’s an “obstacle”. They can cry me a river and while they’re at it they can try to grow some balls. Keep it up! We need more people like you in the world since most of the time the police are no help whatsoever until after the fact. In my experience more times than not they’re nowhere to be found when you need them and by the time they make their way to where the problem is the situation is over and is too late (however I do respect the police and the job they do – it’s not an easy job). Be assured that you have at least one supporter here! Take care & God bless! Paul B ________ Great idea!
Screw the whiney liberals - you are doing a great service! ________ To Whom It May Concern: I just wanted you to know that I just read an article about what you are doing there in your town with this Bum Bot. I think what you are doing is absolutely wonderful. I think this type of technology should be used more often. Who cares if the homeless are scared or intimidated by this robot? If they are then this robot is serving its purpose. I am not sure what idiots in your town would be against something like this? If it is keeping needles, crack, feces and criminals from your area and from a nearby child care center, who in their right mind would have a problem with this? If they do, then they are serious need of mental help. I guess you can’t please everyone all the time. I just wanted to send you an email of support for what you are doing in your community. If I am ever in your town, I will definitely stop in to have a drink and check out the Bum Bot! Keep up the great work. I am sure there are plenty of SMART people who truly appreciate what you are doing! Sincerely, Mike Miner ________ Good for you!! I just read about your Bum Bot and say it’s about time somebody ran off the vermin (that include the homeless advocates). If people like you don’t fight back, they will be everywhere soon. Bruce C Birmingham,
AL I really liked hearing about the Bum Bot. The AP writer sure had an agenda but the coolness still came through. I especially
like the guy from Georgia Tech that thinks that your talents could be
better served finding a permanent solution for vagrancy. He's the PhD,
why doesn't he find the permanent solution? Anyway, cool use of technology. I wish you well. John D Just finished reading a Yahoo! article about your use of the "Bum Bot". I am absolutely appalled at the pansy, hug'em, negative comments directed toward what your doing. Not only are you (oh gasp) doing something about the problem, but you and your wife have done it in a way that removes conflict. Bravo good Sir, I wish your point of view was the norm and not the exception. Semper Fi, C. M. ________ Your accomplishments: ________ Rufus, ________ Next time
I am in ur neighborhood, I am going to get a Ruben & a Beer. Jim M ________ I have no idea of your real motives in using the Bum Bot to patrol your neighborhood but it never ceases to amaze me how people who do not live there and certainly are not willing to stroll there after dark are so quick to criticize. No shortage of "advocates" screaming that what you are doing is wrong. Funny how there are NONE willing to stand up and address the real issues you face. Do the right thing; keep the faith. Next time I'm in Atlanta I am coming for Fish & Chips. Steve P,
Placitas, NM The Few,
The Proud, The Bum Bots. Don't let the cry babies get you down. Hang in
there. ________ Just a note to say "congratulations" . I read the article in the technology section and was pleased with what you are doing. Day care center, play ground, or streets should not be a place for drugs and vagrants. I could go on a rant about the bleeding liberals who say you have gone to far, and yet the question returns to what have they done to clean the area? No, I like it, I applaud it, and I congratulate you on doing something about it. Marty So let me
get this straight..... ________ I just read about the Bum Bot.. I think it's great that you are doing something about problems in your neighborhood! Keep up the great work! Javier F ________ Just read your article and think your doing a great job for your community keep up the good work! From one
Brother to Another ________ Keep up the good work back there. When can I would like to shake your hand and raise a beer to your efforts. willie n ________
And from Canada..... Wow - The BumBot is quite an appropriate (daresay elegant?) response to the sort of crime that can plague a neighborhood. This clearly hard working business owner/concerned citizen Rufus - he deserves real credit: It takes a lot of guts to go out there and basically enforce the loitering laws that the police are unable to enforce. Also, it's this sort of "civic-mindedness" that can resurrect a neighborhood that's fallen prey to felons, and the results are felt beyond the immediate vicinity - good neighbors make good neighborhoods. And for the commentator who felt that calling it a "Bum" Bot (as opposed to a "DrugDealer" Bot") was a slap at homeless people...Well, being a bum has nothing to do with homelessness. I don't think that homeless people - those who have fallen on hard times due to tragic circumstances and are doing their level best to cope - think of themselves as bums. A Bum (as I understand it) is a freeloader, a ne'er-do-well - even a drug dealer. Characterizing the homeless as "bums" is engaging in profiling - pure and simple. john f. | Apr 24, 08 ________ Mr Terrill knows the difference between those down on their luck and the persons out there that will destroy property and whatnot to get their drug of choice.The Bumbot was his creation to protect his property due to his frustration that the police refuse to get involved with.His video will hold up in court proving an drug deal going down or an act of violence or prostitution.Those commiting such crimes truly are Bums.Water.Good. Flamethrower.Bad.No ED.209. Ed f | Apr 23, 08 ________ KUDOS!@@!!@ To the man. Keep up the good work. Mike in Ohio | Apr 23, 08 ________ I live near this neighborhood. I know it. The homeless shelter that gets its due in the report is not entirely honest. Homeless shelters--at least those here in Atlanta--do house the disenfranchised, the bereft, and the luckless. But homeless shelters have a cutoff time for beds and those who either do not make the cutoff time are ferried to nearby shelters that do have room. Those whom are out at the hour that the bar owner is responding to are not out for the common good. I have no doubt that such are relative occurrences in urban Canadian cities, but don't talk to me if you haven't been accosted at all hours of the day regarding your interest in procuring drugs. The BumBot may be only effective in small ways, but I wish that other business owners in these areas had the balls to do something instead to rely on a police force that care very little about enforcing the law and more about their quotas. A little robot that squirts water and flashes lights is a better semblance of safety than waking up with a sore head and a missing wallet. Kali | Apr
23, 08 I think its a welcome addition to a neighborhood with severe crime and drugs. As for the person above who stated that there should be more done to help them, a very large percentage of Homeless and drug users won't accept any help that requires them to ACTUALLY get of the drugs or get a JOB!! WHy should we WASTE monies that could be better used tor education, healthcare,... on people who won't or can't help themselves?? I am tired of MY MONIES being spent on worthless individuals who only WANT A HANDOUT!! You go RUFUS and keep up the good work!! Ike | Apr
22, 08 I think the point the bar owner made about the type of people out at 2 in the morning, selling drugs and breaking into cars, is being overlooked. He said they have plenty of programs for homeless people in his city to help people get on their feet and no one needs to be out on the street at that hour. If he feels revenge by moving the criminal element out of the neighbourhood, he must have a good reason to feel that way. He doesn't seem to be targeting homeless people, just criminals. Lucy M | Apr 21, 08 ________ The bumbot (what an awful name) is the worst idea I have seen in awhile. It is appalling how the owner looks at drug dealers as somehow less human than himself. Instead of bringing the community together to come up with a solution to the problem he creates a device that sprays water at people, its ridiculous and inhumane. Once again this story fails to address the root causes of crime and poverty. Christine H | Apr 21, 08 ________ I think it's an indication that local authorities are overwhelmed , by crime and don't have the effectives to patrole the area properly. Not for lack of trying but just can't keep up. Local vigilente is a risk. In that case he seems to help localy. But a solution at large i wonder. His robots seems innofensive enough and its spray, a benine form of persuasion.Solidarity in the community is essential, a one man solution, is not viable nor unreliable.I can see in the future, robocop in use by the police, to patrol dagerous areas. Not prey to racisme or personnal bias. Christian G | Apr 20, 08
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