a change in whose consciousness is what I wonder ;) I don't think it's that telling that the MLK center won't let them stay in daylight hours -- they are in business as a museum not a protest venue, right? The guy that authorized the overnight stays was probably nervous enough about *that*...
There's a balance between using public spaces and letting other people use them too. I get the impression that some activists are determined not to find that balance. Here's a telling discussion with and about some of the activists I was talking about about: http://www.topix.com/forum/city/santa-cruz-ca/TPMRV2KQ2D1URVPMQ It really is hard to tell whether these "advocates" are doing more harm than good. Yet. The city is even more wrong. Santa Cruz arrests people for singing on its main street, if it's the wrong kind of singing, and once arrested one of these activists for flipping a Nazi salute when the city council told him open meeting or not he and his friend were not welcome. That's wrong even though I can see why they wish he would go away. There's a ban on camping inside the city in part because of him. Yet. The city arrests people for sleeping. I have a problem with that. People do tend to do that sooner or later no matter how hard they try ;) Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > As mentioned in a previous thread, the Occupy movement in Atlanta was > initially welcomed by the mayor to stay in a downtown park through early > November. Then they started pushing boundaries, namely holding a concert > in that park, after which the mayor swiftly lost his patience with them and > had the police remove the organization from the park. The removal involved > more that 50 arrests, but by all accounts was entirely without incident. > > At this point the Occupy Atlanta organization has been wandering the city > to various locations seeking a new place to camp. They were at the Martin > Luther King center for awhile, but they were made to leave each morning > when the center opened. > > Wait. Rewind.... > > Yes - the MLK center won't even let them stay. What does that say? > > Okay - continue... > > Now, the organization had already started to come under the influence of a > local supposed Homeless advocate who operates what many consider to be one > of the most poorly run, most dangerous, irresponsible homeless shelters in > Atlanta, called Peachtree-Pine. When my girlfriend (now fiance) was > carjacked and the cracked perp was finally arrested, he gave this shelter > as his address for the police report. Yes, that kinda shelter. Drug > treatment? Naw - they don't need none of that nonsense at Peachtree-Pine! > > So - yes I have a personal bone to pick with the place, but to continue... > > At this point, without a place to go and closely aligned with this shelter, > Occupy Atlanta has actually moved into the shelter. Not entirely suprising > considering the AJC's assertion that "The Occupy Atlanta movement claims it > has roughly 1,000 members, full and part time, about a quarter of which are > homeless, according to one organizer." ( > http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/15910585/occupy-atlanta-establishes-home-base-in-homeless-shelter > ) > > So... on all the TV coverage many of the Occupy Atlanta kids are sitting > around with expensive MacBooks, iPads, and video equipment. Now I wonder > how those kids with all their fancy gadgets will coexist with the other > residents of Peachtree-Pine. Or maybe, coincidentally, about 25% of the > Occupy Atlanta movement actually moved (back) into Peachtree-Pine? > > Interesting to watch, and definitely causing alot of people to talk about > them. Not sure if that will cause change. Maybe a change > in consciousness, but action? Not sure... > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343827 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
