Letter: Charles Dickens had the answer

In the Sept. 2 Public Forum, Dan Mylecraine told us all about how we need to “rid ourselves of homeless scourge.” Perhaps we could “send them to the desert.”Well, Mr. Mylecraine, I am betting that Topaz is no longer available. Thankfully.I think that Charles Dickens penned the very best reply to this kind of thinking in 1843. In “A Christmas Carol,” the Ghost of Christmas Present says to Scrooge, “Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die?