text: Many of cities I've visited with large homeless populations have made great strides cleaning-up lawless, lewd, and intimidating behavior in their downtown by restricting loitering, sidewalk blocking, and especially panhandling. This requires restricting the "rights" of an uninvested few to safeguard the rights of a much larger civil and invested majority.
  
  Think of this as democracy in action. I'm restricted by many laws to safeguard the majority. I have to abide by zoning rules, licensing rules, and pay for motor vehicle insurance. In Eugene, I'm forced to pay for many public services I don't use like buses, libraries, even schools.
  
  Why the sympathy for taking a few "rights" away from badly behaving, non contributing "citizens"?