Basim Sabri hung those flags to indicate that Lake Street was an international gathering place. WizardMarks, Central
ken avidor wrote: > I'd like to comment on the story in todays Strib about the plan to >widen Lake Street to 8 lanes, but I think there's a bigger story on Lake >Street that I noticed the other day while waiting for the bus. > > I saw what looked like tattered, dirty rags hanging from >light-posts along the street. At first I thought they were air-quality >monitors, but I remember my City Councilman telling me that the air >quality monitors had been removed a while back. > > A closer look revealed the colors and patterns of flags of various >nations. Somebody had the bright idea of hanging the proud symbols of >countries along one of the most pedestrian-unfriendly, polluted , truck, >bus and car-clogged streets in Minneapolis. > > I fear we risk an international incident ...if a representative of >one of these countries (at least one, China is a nuclear power) learns >how we desecrated their flag with vehicle exhaust filth. How would we >react if Old Glory was treated this way? > > On the other hand...if the plan goes forward and we increase traffic >on Lake Street, the resulting increase in air pollution will probably >blacken the flags with soot so thick, we won't have to worry about >upsetting the rest of the world ...and we will only have to worry about >our soot-blackened lungs. > >Ken Avidor >Kingfield > >_______________________________________ >Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy >Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: >http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
