Discussed a few days ago:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17767071" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17767071</a>
The objection over uritrottoirs located near schools or near historic sites seems short-sighted. If people are publicly urinating near schools and historic sites, it makes sense to offer low-maintenance sanitary receptacles for urine.<p>I don't mean to be controversial or glib, but to my mind refusing to offer such appliances is comparable to refusing to issue birth control for fear of encouraging sex.<p>If people are going to engage in a behavior regardless of legality or advisability, it's sensible to provide a mechanism to reduce public harm.<p>Dislcosure: public urination is rampant where I presently live. (SF)<p>EDIT: add disclosure.