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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Paid To Protest I work at a homeless shelter in Calgary. I was standing outside this morning and at at the end of the driveway I could see a group of people holding banners up. I could only think that one of two things were about to happen. Some group was about to protest our existence, and there are several downtown organizations that have made it clear that they would much prefer that we relocate to the north pole. The second thought I had was it was some of our residents protesting about how hot the showers are, the quality of our library, or maybe even how good the coffee is in the Computer Centre. I found out a couple of hours later that I was completely off mark with my ideas. A divorced gentleman from Vancouver wanted to protest about his treatment in Family Court about the visitation rights that he had been granted. Apparently this poor man has been in front of a judge 39 times and is feeling that the justice system was not working in the way it was designed. His solution was to make up 20 placards, come to our location and offer homeless people $10 each if they would carry the placard down to the court building and hang out with him for a hour! While I do not doubt the gentleman's sincerity in his want to obtain reasonable visitation rights, it is not clear to me that the "rent a mob" approach would achieve much. Alas, because this is the world exclusive I have no link to share with you... Simon Barrett http://zzsimonb.blogspot.com Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by zzsimonb at 2:56 PM |
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