TheOriginalGregToo
You might be right, but if the requirement for shelter is to not use drugs, why is it the shelter's responsibility to alter their requirements rather than the person who's seeking shelter's responsibility to abide by the requirements? They aren't owed anything, they're being offered shelter at someone else's cost. If I'm hungry and a restaurant offers to give me free food, I can't then get angry that they have a "no shirt no service policy" and require me to wear a shirt to receive my free food.
It's easy to advocate for things that you bear no responsibility for. It's no different than politicians war mongering and advocating for wars that they will send other people's children to fight and die in.
I don't want anyone to die on the streets, but I also recognize that at a certain point giving help is enabling, and individuals are responsible for their own well-being and decisions. The help should absolutely be offered, but society should not be required to suffer those who refuse to take it/change their lifestyle.
Or, you know, it might simply be people with a different opinion from you. That exists too.
The world IS bigger than Seattle, I agree. That being said, Seattle is a key US city, and as such what happens there has cultural and political ramifications for our country as a whole. The fact that you are either dismissing and/or not aware of what happened there is a little troubling and makes me question your qualifications to hold an opinion on the matter.
As for the obviously hyperbolic claim that "whole cities were burned down", that's absurd. As someone who lives very near Los Angeles, I can tell you that there absolutely was widespread looting, vandalism, protests/riots, and violence. This was not localized and spread both into Orange County as well as the Inland Empire. I know this because 1. I saw it with my own eyes, and 2. I had multiple clients reach out to me and reschedule because they needed to shutter their businesses and board up their store fronts with plywood to prevent them from being smashed and looted.
Since we're sharing articles, how about this one that talks about two individuals who burned down a Wendy's. Both individuals pleaded guilty of 1st degree arson and as a result got a slap on the wrist ($500 fine and 150 hours of community service). Explain to me how that's even remotely a reasonable punishment for burning down a building...