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Why? Shutting down the shuttles is only going to "prove" to the protesters that their protests are working, which will lead to them trying to go farther. Givin
by dkuntz2 13y ago
Why? Shutting down the shuttles is only going to "prove" to the protesters that their protests are working, which will lead to them trying to go farther.
Giving in to and placating the protesters isn't going to make them stop, it's just going to make them try for more, and potentially more outlandish, things.
- walshemj 13y agoHaving what 25/30k techies turn up at sf town hall in a mass in person lobby wont make a point? You could also do a french solution and have all the shuttle drivers drive their buses into central Sf and shut traffic down.
- dkuntz2 13y agoLobby for what though? That requires a group of typically complacent people (in this context) to come together to say "something is wrong", and point to a specific thing. And they'd probably be asked to offer some solutions. The problem is that there really isn't a problem. Non-techies are angry that rent is getting higher and that the local government isn't going to loosen restrictions. From what I can tell the techies don't have a problem with the rent, because they can pay for it, or are moving to places they can pay for because they don't have some ridiculous attraction to a specific location. It seems to me to be entirely one-sided, and the techies don't care, they'll just wait it out.