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In <icg.353.229685C0@icg-inc.com> icg@icg-inc.com (Richard Campbell) writes: 
>
>From: charlotte6@aol.com (Charlotte6)
>>Subject: Re: Freedom fest
>>Date: 15 Apr 1995 14:39:35 -0400
>
>>Oh, ok...there will be no people crapping on my lawn like last year
>>because it is a whole new concept...right!
>
>No, it is an active attempt to do something about what occurs during the 
>weekend of freaknic instead of sitting on their a##es and bit##ing about it 
>every chance they get.   It is so easy and simple to sit around and complain.

What would you have some people that are on their ASSES and BITCHING about it do?  
Get down on their knees and kiss the feet of the people coming to Freaknic to snarl up their city's traffic,
thumb their noses at our authority and generally create unrest and uncivility to Atlanta?
Get a grip Dick, er, Richard.
 
>A  lot of people in Atlanta seem very adept at it.  When it comes to 
>actually doing something to deal with the problem and discussing the 
>situation rationally all we hear is "Take it away, we don't want it, blah blah 
>blah".   Well, there are people who actually have taken the effort to stop 
>complaining, dropping blame and whining.  They have actually taken the time. 
>money and effort to promote and do something positive that weekend.  And again 
>what do we hear? the same old sarcasm<sp>, and complaining and bit##ing. 

"Something positive" as you state was tried LAST year Dick, er Richard, and did you attend any of the
positive happenings?  If you did, you probably saw they were GROSSLY under-utilized (that is if you could get
to them and through the traffic).

 For 
>gods sake, you may not want the kids here, but they are comming, at least be 
>happy that someone is trying to do something to help the situation.  It is 
>obvious that you will not.

Well, our wonderful mayor even wanted the damn thing stopped, so what does that tell you?  Why would
anyone want their city to be held hostage for 3 days while a bunch of idiots stranglehold a public entity?

>
>>Whatever it is, take it to New Orleans or back to Virginia Beach..

I don't care for New Orleans, but I couldn't even send them Freaknic, it's our PROBLEM now, why punish them.
>
>Freaknic was never in VB, this is the first year for freedom fest.

Like I said a month ago, Freaknic or FreedomFest, polish a terd and it's still shit.  A name change isn't
gonna change a damn thing.

>
>Besides, Easy solution isn't it?  Well, the easy solutions normally 
>are the worst ones.  Running something or someone out of your town is not the 
>answer.  Granted, there are many people in Atlanta who may not want the 
>event

I would DARE say popular opinion is running probably 10 to 1 against Freaknic

, but there are also many who are happy that it happens here.

Taking above formula, that would put 1 against 10.

  Finding 
>a way to host it and make it work and have the least possible negative 
>effect is what we need to be doing.  There are many ignorant<sp>, and stupid 
>things that are done during freaknic. This to be expected.

You forget to say "and NOT TOLERATED", you surely don't condone the actions of last years crowd.

  When that many 
>people get together there are bound to be bad fruits in the bunch.

Then the "mob mentality" creeps in, and people who AREN'T normally "bad fruits" get swept up in
the event of causing problems... The "everyone else is doing it" mentality.

  But 
>blindly casting blame on every person who takes part in freaknic is stupid.  
>Just as it is stupid to blame an entire race for the actions of some extremist 
>or a racist few.

Sure, we can't blame everyone for the stupidty of Freaknic, I'm not to blame, the people who live in Midtown
aren't to blame and yes, even some of the participants are not to blame.  So who is to blame? Someone started
this mess, they're to blame.

>
>>.I don't
>>care for the anarchy in my town...
>I do not care for that at all, but I am trying to do my best to ensure
that 
>the upcomming weekend does not fall to that.  Sitting on my rump
whining and 
>being zenophobic will not help avoid that.  Taking active action to
ensure 
>that the weekend goes smoothly will.  

I'll bet you a bottle of your favorite hootch that Freaknic will not go
smoothly.
It'll be the same ol' bad scene it always is.

>
>Richard.
>
>BTW: Newt, if you read this don't forget to take your cameras to
Daytona also. 
> I mean between freaknic and Daytona beach you can probably get your
houseboys 
>to eliminate all aid to college students.
>

Don't know why you're taking a swipe at Newt, don't think he's done
anything to you has he?  He's just trying to eliminate the free rides
the welfare class is taking on the working people, you included DICK.


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