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In the following news item there is either a typo or one very amazing failure of logic.

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Albuquerque police arrested two men who were trying to help the homeless by giving them food.

Every Sunday for the past four years, Alfonso Hernandez has been part of a group that feeds the homeless food on Fourth Street and Copper Ave.

As part of his fellowship, Hernandez said he serves the homeless fruit and pizza, but last month he ran into trouble. He was cited for not having a business license.

Police said they told Hernandez not to come back or he could be arrested, but he did anyway. Officers arrested him and Michael Herrick, another man who was passing out the food.

According to the police report, the pair were arrested for not having a permit, also for refusing to obey officers.

"Just go get a permit, why don't you do that?" Action 7 News reporter Natalie Swaby asked Hernandez.

"Well as I said, I don't need a permit. I have the constitution I have mandated from all mighty God to treat my fellow human beings as I'd like to be treated," said Hernandez.

He said he will fight the charges in court and said this setback won't slow his efforts to help those in need.

Police said this is a serious issue because there was a seperate instance, not connected to Hernandez, where someone fed the homeless with a permit and people got sick.

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Silly people, why do the want to feed the homeless permits?

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@Ceili,

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where someone fed the homeless with a permit and people got sick.

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@dyslexia,

That's not a typo, that's a dangling participle Smile

The homeless already had permits so they should have left Fernandez alone.

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@Mame,

Or was the permit in lieu of a plate?

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@dyslexia,

dyslexia wrote:

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where someone fed the homeless with a permit and people got sick.

You mean the permits made them sick??

Odd, no??

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What, have they got broken arms? Why don'they feed themselves?

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@dyslexia,

I got that, but they can't eat a permit either, and it isn't like the city is feeding them, just providing the paper...

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Since when do we need a permit to give stuff away?

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@roger,

Good question, especially for me.

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@ossobuco,

I'll probably be arrested for paying for someone's lunch.

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@dyslexia,

Could the police be suspecting him of taking monetary donations and basically pocketing the money while feeding the homeless some scraps just to cover his bases if only at the minimum of his expense?

Thinking on the lines of permit for non-profit collections and activities....

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@dyslexia,

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seperate

lets separate typos from out n out misspells

the homeless survive longer on recycled permits made into pizza boxes than those fed on the contents of the boxes

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Since when do we need a permit to give stuff away?

BRILLIANT !!! U beat me to it.

That is not a business.

David

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@tsarstepan,

tsarstepan wrote:

Could the police be suspecting him of taking monetary donations and basically pocketing the money while feeding the homeless some scraps just to cover his bases if only at the minimum of his expense?

Thinking on the lines of permit for non-profit collections and activities....

Suspicions mean nothing and thay confer no jurisdiction.

Let them prove their case.

David

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@roger,

Yes, for violating the dictum that there ain't no free lunch.

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@Setanta,

You're not supposed to use my own lines against me, you know.

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@Mame,

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That's not a typo, that's a dangling participle

Police said this is a serious issue because there was a seperate instance, not connected to Hernandez, where someone fed the homeless with a permit and people got sick.

Where might the participle that's dangling be, Mame?

'separate' is misspelled.

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@JTT,

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Police said this is a serious issue because there was a seperate instance, not connected to Hernandez, where someone fed the homeless with a permit and people got sick.[/i]

Someone fed the homeless with a permit? Sounds like they used a permit instead of, maybe, a fork?

Goofy. I guess we have to sneak around to feed hungry people.Ya can't even be kind. Be ye kind, one to another. Feed the hungry. That is, after you've been given permission.

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@Pemerson,

JTT didn't write Police said this is a serious issue because there was a seperate instance, not connected to Hernandez, where someone fed the homeless with a permit and people got sick.

That was in the article Dys posted, Pemerson.

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