Save Berkeley's People's Park

It is time to end this stupidity of blaming both the City of Berkeley and the university for the depraved condition of the encamped in Peoples' Park. Adult populations understand that the world does not owe anybody anything just because they are here. Individuals must take responsibility for themselves! I was in PP on Friday posting the City Lights September events schedule, and it looked like a chemical weapons attack had preceded my arrival; bodies all over the place on the ground looking totally hungover. Litter everywhere near the stage and tables. Even the southeast corner where Hate Man and his crew had injected some intelligence and wit for many years seemed to no longer have any point for being there. And I was active in PP since the summer of 1972, including serving with East Bay Food Not Bombs and later with Catholic Worker. The degeneration of PP is due to the condition of the current people there, who primarily are not participating in gardening, service work, or anything sane. Thanks for listening.

People abandon, society abandons, the city abandons, we have abandoned alcoholics, the poor, and schizophrenics. To say that it's people's fault is to buy into the idea that mainstream alcohol commercialism isn't systemic to a system of genocide: CAPITALISM, OLIGARCHY. You might be surprised to know how many gardeners and people to look out for the garden there actually are in People's Park. But you probably look like a narc, so don't bother trying to do personal interviews. It can be a volatile place. It's only volatile because of developer gentrification. I don't know who you are. I don't know what your historic involvement with the park is. I only know you haven't been caring for the park in the last few years and it shows.

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my comment. Although your response is somewhat of a ramble, and I don't look at all like a narc (who generally appear as though they are addicts with all of the signs, in order to do successful undercover work), I do appreciate your sincere concern for the well being of Peoples' Park. Peaceout.