tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post1926232146634089711..comments2023-04-13T07:18:14.262-07:00Comments on Courierwatch: Alert! Marauders pillaging Prescott businesses!Steven Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-60725418887336891102010-08-16T21:46:52.587-07:002010-08-16T21:46:52.587-07:00That's brilliant, Andy.That's brilliant, Andy.Steven Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15663818104866997062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310158610197025977.post-68818641585988834432010-08-16T20:43:22.122-07:002010-08-16T20:43:22.122-07:00This is the sentence in the original piece that ma...This is the sentence in the original piece that made me stop in amazement: <br /><br />"It's time to put together a concerted coalition of resources to humanely clear the park of the offending population."<br /><br />This statement is made as if it is a foregone conclusion that there are people who have no right to be in the public space of Prescott and that removing them - perhaps with a gentle tag and release program - will solve the problem that sometimes the American Dream doesn't work A-OK. <br /><br />The editor has not proved that penalizing non motorized citizens will solve the issue of theft in understaffed stores. He has not proved that the parks only belong to people who look like him. <br /><br />If you think this is a problem easily solved, talk to the parents in Prescott who scan the park when they go there, looking for someone they're still related to even now. <br /><br />And finally, parks, like any public art, are a form of public discourse - free speech with sod (comes from the Old English tradition of Commons). If the Editor will not defend public discourse in our parks, how long will he defend it in his own pages?coyoteradiotheaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488901988271893733noreply@blogger.com