Sunday, June 10, 2012
Anaptronym alert
A perfectly bad idea with a perfectly wrong name on it. From the city of Manly in Australia:
First, telling the homeless guys that their stuff is the same as trash.... Fine way to reinforce their dignity.
Second, labeling their stuff with fairy colors. Homeless guys may be drunk or drugged up, but most of them still have their manhood. Don't mock it, for fuck's sake.
Manly city council is buying wheelie bins for the homeless to store their belongings. In an unusual plan to protect the possessions of the street dwellers, the council passed a motion to buy six for Manly Community Centre and Fairlight Centre to lend to "rough sleepers".
The bins cost $71 each and are like any 120 litre bin of the kind normally used to collect rubbish. But Manly Council safety officer Leanne Martin said they would be brightly coloured and branded.
"We are going to buy the bins in bright purple or a lime colour so they don't get mistaken for waste," Ms Martin said.
First, telling the homeless guys that their stuff is the same as trash.... Fine way to reinforce their dignity.
Second, labeling their stuff with fairy colors. Homeless guys may be drunk or drugged up, but most of them still have their manhood. Don't mock it, for fuck's sake.
Labels: Aptronym Alert
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