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A request for a vibrant - and vital - public forum
A Statement from Some Members of the Occupy Movement in Calgary, Alberta
We Calgarians from various walks of life, who identify with the Occupy movement, using our freedoms of opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and of peaceful assembly and association prescribed by our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, reiterate our right to continue the process of peacefully occupying Olympic Plaza.
Through this ongoing process, we seek a vital and vibrant rejuvenation of the public space at the heart of our cities, communities, and towns, not just in the physical landscape, but in the philosophical space that they symbolize and address. It is in this newly opened “thoughtscape” (editor's note: not a word) where we seek to engage and welcome the broader public, from academics to professionals and workers, and from the disenfranchised to the organized, to this, our city’s vibrant public forum. We ask that this vibrant public forum takes place as an ongoing series of people’s assemblies, workshops, and discussions where education and new knowledge is paramount, issues addressed, and holistic solutions for an emergent, better and more compassionate society are incubated. We ask that this vibrant public forum, vitally takes place now in the central physical landscape of our City Hall, our Central Library, our Epcor Arts Center, our Olympic Plaza, and our surrounding places of worship.
Thus we have and continue to share the public space in the interests of expanding the role of participatory democracy in Calgary, in Alberta, in Canada, and in our emergent society.
It is in this spirit of democratic engagement that we remind ourselves that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms trumps all bylaws, unless it can be shown that there are “such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.” There being no such limit, we continue to invite our fellow Calgarians to help us in developing this vibrant public forum.
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This is (Sorry) the most ######ed thing that I've ever seen. Its basically a terrible episode of Friends in that its a request for a forum about absolutely nothing.
Its almost as if these people either have no clue what they want, or they're embarressed by their demands.
I thought that the occupy movement was about the economy, and the seperation of the rich from the poor, not a bunch of hippy bulls%t.
Going down there for this "Vibrant Forum" would be a monumental waste of time, all if would be is more jingoist crap where they read something in some book and have no clear understanding.
All this shows is that these are directionless people wasting thier time and calling attention to their tibetan singing bowl and spirit fingers.
I have a great deal of sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street movement because in the states they have real legitimate economic problems that need to have attention. Even though the Occupy WS is slowly being hijacked by the lunatic fringe I get that.
This one is apparently all lunatic fringe by a bunch of dumb asses who think that they're the re-incarnation of the hippy movement.
They were honestly embarressing themselves yesterday, with their meditation circle and spirit finger applause and their singing bowl.
All they did was play into the perception that they are not living in this century, that they are clueless idiots and this occupy movement has nothing at all to do with the Occupy movement in the U.S.
Grow the hell up, pull down your tents and realize that your degrees in Eastern Philosophy or music sub culture of the San African Continent or whatever makes you think this way do not guarantee you anything.
It took you morons 3 weeks to buy a white board, and suppossedly three weeks to get a camping strategy.
If you want to make a difference in the world show some knowledge about what your talking about, plug into the political system and volunteer for a candidate that represents your views, or at least talk to them. If you want to b%tch about banking regulations, at least read something on it. If you want to b%tch about the social programs for the homeless don't try to torpedo a deal between the city and the homeless to get cheap housing. If you want to address the growing differences between the rich and the poor, maybe gain an understanding that there's a reason for it and then address that reason, the whole "The world is destroying me because the man is holding me down" is crap.
But going to a city council meeting and waiving spirit fingers and then asking for a vibrant forum about nothing is laughable.
Trying to tell us that your going to educate us, I'm afraid that if I go down there, I'm going to punch someone out when he lays out that the Bilderbrig group or whatever its called is controlling the world bank
Give me a break, quit pooping in the park and go home, take a shower and contribute.