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07/06/2005: "Us vs. Them"
On Callalillie this morning, there was a link to a New York Times story about the city's neglect for some of its parks.
On one level, this makes me even more glad about not having the Olympics, which would only have let the rich get richer and poor get poorer in this city.
But what the article especially pointed out to me was an example of the great divide in this city and country between us (people with brains) and them (those in charge).
(Parks Commissioner) Benepe, who expressed both skepticism and surprise at the park's condition when told about it, said the city's plan was: "Let nature take its course." "Trees are growing, insects are buzzing, oxygen is being produced, and there's nothing wrong with that," he said.
Mr. Croft, the parks advocacy group president, said, "Having prostitutes, drug dealers and drug users in parks is not going back to nature."
Lovely.
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