Water, Water Everywhere
And in some places in drought-ravished California even where it proves an embarrassment. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco installed a sprinkler system in its doorways. The system runs every half hour for about 75 seconds and soaks homeless people sleeping in the doorways of St. Mary’s cathedral. Homeless people sheltering in the doorways were duly soaked. Auxiliary bishop William Justice said the system had been installed to induce the homeless to find shelter elsewhere and avoid the feces and needles that were regularly found in the doorways, apologized, and removed the sprinklers. No comment on why the liberal politicians of San Francisco have not taken steps to prevent drug addicts and toiletless people from using the cathedral as a dropping ground.
