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Originally Posted by jaydorn
Oh, also last night's fire was the city's fault:
Let's review.
- The city recognizes that olympic plaza is not suitable for camping, thus we have bylaws against camping in the park. (warning #1)
- The city has posted signs letting the public know "you can't camp here, it's not a suitable space for camping "(warning #2)
- When the protesters set up a camp the city says "we have bylaws against camping there, it's not a suitable space for camping"(warning #3)
- The protesters continue camping
- The city post a notice that once again says "this is not a campground" (warning #4)
- The protesters continue camping
- The city issues tickets saying "you can't camp here, it's not a campground" (warning #5)
- A tent catches fire and injures two people
The city has maintained from the onset that Olympic Plaza is not a campground, they have told the people camping there that it is not a campground. The protesters choose to ignore these many, many warnings and continue to camp. Then when they got hurt "Hey! How come you didn't protect us!"
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Great points, but even if it was a campground it's still the fault of the less than smart tent owner to not know that open flame + tent material = bad.