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Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1 July 2005

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From: M Holmes
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:40
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In ed.general Jon Senior <jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk> wrote:

> Riots running through the streets? Firebombs? The start of WW3? Or the 
> more likely possibility; the shops will run out of Soya milk?

> If Geldof's 1 million did appear, the city might struggle, but please 
> remember that ECC actually encouraged this

You say that like it's a Good Thing. If you understood Edinburgh at all,
you'd realise that if the City Council is on one side of something, it's
time to start considering whether the other side might not be the one
that has it right.

> given the financial 
> prospects of Protest Tourism, in a relatively quiet patch between seasons.

I don't think we're going to get rich on the backs of people who
figure that five quid for a week's camping is too much.

FoFP
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From: M Holmes <fofp@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1  July 2005
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