[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Boblobla

It is sad that this is the only way to get these squatters out of the park.

I respect how the city is handling this but it is getting a little unreal.

I was reading an interview where they were talking to the people "Occupying" the island and they said they were going to stay well past the Oct. 31 date, mainly because 95% of the people there had nowhere else to go.

There was an interview with one woman who said she liked the tent city because the hours were much better than the "almost prison like" restrictions of the shelters in Calgary. Does anyone know the ratio of people who are at this occupy nonsense who are not homeless?

I don't know the overall numbers, but my cousin is down there, and he's decidedly not homeless.
I'm pretty sure the fact that if he gets kicked out of there he'll be going back to his parents proablbya $2 MM house up on signal hill means he's actually part of the 1% he's "Protesting" against.

My cousin may be down there, but I can say with all sincerity, I hope they all get tear gassed.
The city has shown them a huge ammount of courtesy, respect, and tollerance, and if they refuse to recriprocate by clearing out so a pre booked event can go forward in a public space, then they deserve whatever they get.