http://www.thecoast.ca/RealityBites/archives/2011/11/12/occupy-eviction-cowardly-and-shameful Comments On: Occupy NS eviction: Who OKed the cowardly and shameful act? by Tim Bousquet en-ca Copyright 2013 The Coast Halifax. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Coast Halifax readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Coast Halifax. cathsalis@thecoast.ca (The Coast Halifax Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0300 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:30:00 -0300 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ]]> No opinion when it began
And it fin’ly hit the fan
When you would not comply
Posted by minula23]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:37:55 -0300 The Coast Halifax
How are we to square that mindset with the comments from the Mayor that Council is concerned with public spaces for the public ?
Posted by John A.]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:47:40 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by Bro Tim]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:38:23 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by John A.]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:23:57 -0400 The Coast Halifax (with apologies to Don MacLean)

A few long weeks ago
I can still remember
How the morning news, it caused me a sad smile
I knew if I had a chance
If I gave them booze and held a dance
That maybe, they’d be happy for a while

But November’s rain it made me shiver
At the news the papers did deliver
Protests at Parade Square
Why’d they want to stay there?

I can remember that I laughed
And thought, “these kids must all be daft”
Until the smell did to me waft
I wasn’t on their side

Bye, Bye Halifax Occupy
The tents and tarps are gone now
Hear the protestors cry
Thank you, Peter Kelly
Thank you, too, Beazley’s pride
We saw Bylaw P600 applied
When the park began to smell like a sty

Did you need to be so crass?
Posted by Larger than Most]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:47:56 -0400 The Coast Halifax
If PK and the same bunch at council are reelected, I'll have to question the voting public, assuming I stick around.
Posted by Bundy, Al Bundy]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:51:34 -0400 The Coast Halifax
Finally some of you see Kyle B as the platfom pimp he is..years ago I was with the Health Coalition and resigned because NDP are a bunch of closet pimps, they took HC money and tried to make every project be about NDP which caused alot of in house fighting with me....they even pimped my community project to make NDP look good....they didnot care about sick people they wanted photo ops for NDP...

the NDP-HC took NPO money and gave Kyle special treatment to pad his NDP portfolio....Kyle B is one of HRM biggest pimps..and like the others, he is finally being outed as well.
Posted by mcgaidheal]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:25:48 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by Marie McCarthy]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:16:19 -0400 The Coast Halifax keep slaving for your slave masters. you don't deserve real freedom, never did.
Posted by Michael Joseph]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:35:28 -0400 The Coast Halifax

Personally, I assumed the Observer meant that since the "movement" is essentially a demand for accountability, transparence and equitable treatment for all, journalists should be listening to the people in it and fairly representing their position(s) as well as those of the authorities trying to stop the demonstrations and the pundits who try to paint the demonstrators as feckless kids out for a lark or dangerous anarchists.

Maybe it's naive for an old bat like me to think "journalism" means fairly representing both (or all) sides of a story, whereas "editorial comment" means you're allowed to approve of one side or another...even if your opinion is unwelcome or downright stupid and biased.

All comments (short of libel and incitement to violence?) are covered by the Charter right to freedom of expression, whether made by the editors of major newspapers or some "weirdo" with a homemade sign and an axe to grind.

There are no specific rights provided to journalists per se in the Charter.
Posted by arteest103]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:38:39 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by getreal]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:18:52 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by Joeblow]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:13:01 -0400 The Coast Halifax
In typical fashion, you cherry-picked Bethany Horne's article for material that would support your position.

While Ms. Horne described what she saw as problems at Victoria Park, she also made the following points about the Occupy camp:

"In effect, Utopia was already being saddled with the ‘problem people’ our general society has major challenges assimilating. They had to host the rejects we sweep under the rug into jails, homeless shelters and the foster system all over the country."

"The right wing calls these people—the homeless, the unemployed, the ill—freeloaders already, so Occupy is loath to do so.
Posted by Comandante Esposito]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:59:47 -0400 The Coast Halifax
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/11/…
Posted by arteest103]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:49:31 -0400 The Coast Halifax Laws #1- that we (my family &I ) the working poor, have to obey or we will be dealt with quickly & harshly by the political clowns , the Gestapo & their appointed kangaroo court system.

Laws #2 - nod nod wink wink, for those conected & or rich enough to have the sytem ignore their illegality.

If anyone needs more proof than what has been coming out about the HRM's fiasco of a Mayor. The theft of over a quarter million dollars The so called spending scandal of our Provincial MLA's...then I hope to god when I end up in a courtroom, these people requiring even more proof are my jurers.

Why can no criminal proceedings be started ?
They have violated key provision in the Charter they swore to uphold ! Is their absolutely NOT ONE DECENT LAW ABIDING OFFICIAL IN ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OR THE IN PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OR IN THE COURTS OF THIS PROVINCE ?!?!?!?!?!?!?

As a young man I thought my family may have been a bit jaded & were possibly wrong, but as I've gotten older the truth of those early lessons have been proven true again & again...& here yet again.
Posted by More]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:04:52 -0400 The Coast Halifax his Minister of Community Services Denise Peterson Rafuse contemplating Occupynovascotia :

http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8…

Posted by Joeblow]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:55:04 -0400 The Coast Halifax
The videos don't support your hyperbole.
Police offered assistance in removing the tents.
Posted by Joeblow]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:31 -0400 The Coast Halifax
Councilor Steve Streach should just keep his big, fat mouth shut about the Occupation and the enforcement of municipal bylaws.
Posted by Comandante Esposito]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:45:29 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by Joeblow]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:35:55 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by Susie]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:12:26 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by arteest103]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:52:41 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by longwalker]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:20:58 -0400 The Coast Halifax
Mr. Kelly told CBC news that Seaview Park is administered by the Africville Heritage Trust and not HRM, implying that HRM does not and cannot enforce park by-laws there.

I for one am looking forward to enjoying Victoria Park again, and I know others are too.
Posted by anonymouscritic1]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:39:11 -0400 The Coast Halifax
However, the police and the authorities are free to exercise discretion in enforcing laws. In the case of Mr Carvery I doubt there were any complaints about his choice of abode and Councillor Blumenthal gives a good reason why no action was taken.

There is a million miles of difference between the action of Mr Carvery and the actions of the 'occupiers'

Read the article by Bethany Horne that I have referenced just before your post.
Posted by Joeblow]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:18:12 -0400 The Coast Halifax Posted by justmy02]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:05:41 -0400 The Coast Halifax