Posted // January 11,2011 -
I just read the letter “Vagabond Primer Needed” [Jan. 6, City Weekly], and it is the greatest letter that I have ever read.
Like Tyler Riggs, I also have been accosted by vagrants and panhandlers at Burger King. So far, I have not witnessed any fights, but have been hounded by the f-word at the library TRAX station, as well as on the train.
Yes, we do need Vagabond Primers, but neither the city nor The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can make up their minds about how to treat these vagrants and vagabonds.
In closing, the only panhandler I like is a household pan with a handle on it.
Douglas Cotant
Salt Lake City
I guess doug feels that the concepts of civility and humane treatment shouldn't extend to people of certain stations.
Do you also need a primer on how to wipe your own ass, or do you think you're capable in that matter?
Listen here, it's simple. You deal with "vagrants" as you deal with any other human being: one at a time, on an individual basis, within your understanding of what makes people tick. Think you can "handle" that?