DJ Calvert told BBC News NI: “I’ve been let down - and I’m not the only one.”

It was proof that Northern Ireland’s health and social care system had “crashed”, said the 49-year-old.

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    7 months ago

    The sad thing is in the US its extremely likely the fellow would have already been dead after years living on the streets with a cardboard sign.

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        7 months ago

        You can survive easy out here if you can stay sober enough to make a few phone calls and show up to appointments. Most of the homeless crisis is really just a drug crisis.

        I trust that in order to make such such a generalizing and dismissive statement you have some form of qualification or primary experience?

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          7 months ago

          Yes. I get free healthcare, and I qualify for free food and low income housing. Many of my friends have been homeless and they have had an easy time finding a shelter.

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            7 months ago

            Fair enough then, not going to argue with your own experience.

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              You sure were getting geared up to put him in his place though, huh? I’m going to just start telling people like you “thank you for your service “