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Originally posted by Destinyone
reply to post by reficul
hmmm...methinks I'll cast a *hunger* spell on the bad Mayor Rob Ford. The more he eats, the more he'll crave to eat. The more he'll feel the stabbing pangs of hunger. He'll stuff his bloated piggy face until his eyes are swollen shut with folds of fat, and his fat sausage legs will no longer hold his wobbling girth upright.
Will that work for you....
Des
en.wikipedia.org...
In Greek mythology, Erysichthon (also spelled Erisichthon, both of which translate as "Earth-tearer") was the son of Triopas and the King of Thessaly. He ordered all trees cut down in the sacred grove of Demeter. One huge oak was covered with votive wreaths, a symbol of every prayer Demeter had granted, and so men refused to fell it. Erysichthon grabbed an axe and cut it down himself, killing a dryad nymph in the process. The nymph's dying words were a curse on Erysichthon. Demeter responded to the nymph's curse and punished him by placing Limos, unrelenting and insatiable hunger, in his stomach. Food acted like fuel on a fire: The more he ate, the hungrier he got. Erysichthon sold all his possessions to buy food, but was still hungry. At last he sold the only thing he had left, his own daughter Mestra into slavery. Mestra was freed from slavery by her former lover Poseidon, who gave her the gift of shape-shifting into any creature at will to escape her bonds. Erysichthon used her shape-shifting ability to sell her numerous times to make money to feed himself, but no amount of food was enough. Eventually, Erysichthon ate himself in hunger.[1][2]
Originally posted by generik
yet more of the "FORD CRAZY TRAIN" steaming on through.
i agree that the timing of ripping it down is really suspicious. can't say i am surprised at it happening with mayor dingbat ford at the helm. "lets just Wait till it will really hurt them before doing anything". there was always a "community garden" across the street from my old place, but i guess since it was only flowers it wouldn't hurt the big business that ford, and almost all the TO mayors we have had work for.
i don't blame people for trying to grow their own food, when all the veggies at the grocery stores there have been rather sickly looking this year. and the cost is raising even so. i actually have been suspecting since spring they would use the crappy produce (the best/biggest stuff goes to canning factories), as the showpiece of "see how bad a year it has been sorry but the price must go up".
what we need is to make space available for people to grow what they want. once upon a time there was a place in Mississauga where you could do this but it has long since become yet another housing development. there is a lot of useless space around Toronto that would be perfect for use as gardens. but no they WANT us dependent on big business to feed us, as if we grew our own stuff it would hurt the big grocery store chains, as well as the city would loose a possible way to control the masses.
has anyone started a petition to have the city set aside unused land (like the strip of land between the cliff and king st in Parkdale, and below the cliff between the rail tracks and the Gardner/Lakeshore lots of unused space just in that area alone). ? i know people had been discussing trying to force reinforcement of building roofs to use as gardening space earlier this spring.
Originally posted by juniperberry
Well, first of all, if they had worked WITH the city instead of just squatting on public land, things could have worked out.
Since it IS city owned land, there are requirements to get permits and stuff. Vancouver has a plethora of plots set up by non-profits and community groups who have worked WITH the city to organize things.
Even Vancouver City Hall is donating their own lawn to set up garden plots.
Seriously, instead of being obnoxious about it, the squatters could have just asked.
It's the Canadian thing to do after all.
Originally posted by juniperberry
reply to post by jude11
Please.
Why does everything have to be a conflict?
Why is everyone so bound and determined to do whatever the heck they want whenever they want?
I'm no fan of government, but neither am I an anarchist.
Originally posted by juniperberry
reply to post by jude11
Please.
Why does everything have to be a conflict?
Why is everyone so bound and determined to do whatever the heck they want whenever they want?
I'm no fan of government, but neither am I an anarchist.
no fan of government, but neither am I an anarchist.
The reason? The people did not have permission to grow free food on public land.
Occupy Gardens had been harvesting produce for the last four months. And thousands of passersby were free to help themselves to whatever they needed.
I think a huge lawsuit is in order
They don't want people becoming self-sufficient
Originally posted by dainoyfb
I live in Alberta. We've had bumper crops all around due to above average rain fall coupled with a beautiful summer this year. We still haven't seen frost.