[maushu]

I always thought this was only to avoid public urination. I wonder if they added the anti-crime as PR excuse.

[082349872349872]

A nice example of Hegelian Dialectic (if we're being XIX) or Robinson Resolution (if we're being XX), involving public defecation being a crime, occurred recently in Catalunya:

Thesis: the guy pooping is a traditional element of the nativity scene

Antithesis: government sponsored nativities shouldn't depict crime

Synthesis: keep the guy, but add a police officer, writing the guy a ticket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer#Controversy_surroundin...

[jadbox]

This is such a Zizek-esk kind of example of the dialectic, but I haven't heard him reference this as a classic example.

[sdwr]

That's so stupid! I love it!

[bckr]

What do you mean by XIX and XX?

Thanks for the link to the caganer!

Holy crap, that is amazing.

[hayst4ck]

> I wonder if they added the anti-crime as PR excuse.

Having now done a bit more research than I care to admit to, this book, particularly the page 14 sample, suggests nuance rather than pretext, particularly that reduction of public urination was a secondary benefit that became a primary benefit after public lighting:

https://www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=11065

[quietbritishjim]

Like London's later urine deflectors

https://web.archive.org/web/20231001094443/https://londonist...