I don't know about you, but I have a hard time coming up with much sympathy for a guy who gets plastered, ignores road blocks, walks off a cliff, and falls to the ground below. I don't wish anybody harm, but I'm not going to waste much energy feeling sorry for a drunk who does something stupid. That applies to all drunks, by the way, not just the homeless variety. I'm very unsympathetic toward those who can't handle the crap they put in their body.
Nevertheless, now is as good a time as any to reevaluate the safety concerns surrounding the problem of two sides of the city being separated by uncrossable territory. Drunks aren't the only people who are walking from one side to the other, after all. Should there be more shuttles between the two sides? Should the city subsidize taxi service to get across the tracks? Should we set up a zipline from the top of the Capitol to West O? (I don't know how they'll get back.)
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I agree. I saw an interview on Channel 8 that showed a guy that said we need 6’ or 8’ tall walls around that project to prevent people from trying to walk over the bridge. I think it looks pretty obvious.
The zipline is a good idea. Pastor Tom at the Peoples City Mission has a free van that he drives - why not use that as a shuttle. That seems to be the most common complaint - that the PCM is cut off from the City.
I’m all for incorporating trebuchets any way we can.
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