Anti-loitering strategy causes a big stink

�It was a unique decision and obviously controversial, but it was effective,� said Megan Baillie, executive director of South Fraser Community Services, which runs the 24-hour homeless shelter adjoining the manure-laced lot. �That's the quietest I've seen the street in some time.

�In that sense, it did have a positive effect, and it was the bird manure that did it.�

The ever-ingenious inventors at Israel's weapons research and development directorate have created a schoolboy's dream: the ultimate stink bomb, with a disgusting smell that lingers in its victim's clothing for up to five years.

The foul-smelling liquid squirted by angry or frightened skunks at their victims was analysed by Israeli defence scientists and a synthetic version created for use in a weapon they call the "skunk bomb". Fired with great care, and from a respectable range, it is designed to force civilian protesters to disperse. Security forces would not be keen to arrest the victims, and they would be equally unwelcome at home......

"diggerdick" said
A lot of people dont realize how close they may be to being homeless ..... but yet they look down there nose and think they are superior ..... lose a job, bankrupt, get seriously ill and this could be you.......... the arrogates of city workers and cops that think they are superior and treat human life like garbage ..... The problem did not go away it just was moved.......