Comments on: Homeless Wi-Fi Hotspots: A Charitable Experiment Or Shameless Display Of Technology? http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2012/03/14/homeless-wi-fi-hotspots-a-charitable-experiment-or-shameless-display-of-technology/ Telecom news, thoughts, analysis and provocative opinion Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:59:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jordan Richardson http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2012/03/14/homeless-wi-fi-hotspots-a-charitable-experiment-or-shameless-display-of-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-12221 Jordan Richardson Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:34:24 +0000 http://www.thetelecomblog.com/?p=16075#comment-12221 I think Jon Stewart covered this well on The Daily Show, but I'll just reiterate some points he made with regard to John Smith1's comment. For one thing, there's not "anything wrong" with paying a homeless person for employment, but there is something wrong with essentially making said homeless person an object and having them wear shirts that say "I am a Hotspot" or something to that effect. There's also something wrong with paying them $20 a day for being a hotspot (what's next, making homeless people chairs that we can pay to sit on?) when that's well below any valid wage. If you can't discern how this is different from "any other paying position," you're either being purposely naive or you aren't acquainted with the details of this story. I think Jon Stewart covered this well on The Daily Show, but I’ll just reiterate some points he made with regard to John Smith1′s comment.

For one thing, there’s not “anything wrong” with paying a homeless person for employment, but there is something wrong with essentially making said homeless person an object and having them wear shirts that say “I am a Hotspot” or something to that effect. There’s also something wrong with paying them $20 a day for being a hotspot (what’s next, making homeless people chairs that we can pay to sit on?) when that’s well below any valid wage.

If you can’t discern how this is different from “any other paying position,” you’re either being purposely naive or you aren’t acquainted with the details of this story.

]]> By: John Smith1 http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2012/03/14/homeless-wi-fi-hotspots-a-charitable-experiment-or-shameless-display-of-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-12196 John Smith1 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:42:53 +0000 http://www.thetelecomblog.com/?p=16075#comment-12196 I'm not sure how there's anything wrong with paying a homeless person and providing them with employment, or for that matter, why this is even newsworthy. Society pays it's citizens to do all sorts of jobs, how is this any different from any other paying position? John I’m not sure how there’s anything wrong with paying a homeless person and providing them with employment, or for that matter, why this is even newsworthy. Society pays it’s citizens to do all sorts of jobs, how is this any different from any other paying position?

John

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