aisling of tea

Too bad it didn’t live up to vanilla decaf… Hopefully it was able to calm you down at least a bit!

Hang in there aisling, though the tent cities are gone, the sentiment is still going strong. We have city hall marches over here, even after the eviction papers came. Here it’s more for safety though, as we’re getting into -40 to -50 weather soon. But either way, nothing in the movement is dead. Just a little less physical “occupy-y” :)

Yikes! I just remember the G20 all to well, and after what happened in New York, it’s scary. My heart can’t take seeing Toronto hurt like that again.

Oh yeah, good point ; 3; Sending good energy to my TO folks <3

I know our City Hall is getting frustrated with our Occupy folks, and are looking at ways to clear, or move the tent city. Allegedly, the tent city seems more of a haven for homeless, drug use, and violence, and any sentiment towards the real occupy movement seems gone from the camp.

See, I would disagree strongly with that. First of all, what’s wrong with the homeless having a haven? Secondly, there is a drug and alcohol policy in place at the Occupy site that is enforced. Mainstream media just wants folks to think it’s a big hippie drugfest with no purpose. Have you seen any of the livestream from the site? The occupy sentiment is alive and well.

There is intravenous drug use at the camp here, and the more people that move indoors, the more the drug use is filtering into Centennial Square. The drug and alcohol policy within the Occupy site is not being enforced here apparently.