Homeless people removed from Paris region in pre-Olympics 'social cleansing'(theguardian.com)
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Homeless people removed from Paris region in pre-Olympics 'social cleansing'
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/03/homeless-people-removed-from-paris-before-olympics
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Has there been an Olympics in the modern era (since WW2) where this didn't happen?
My thoughts exactly. Why wouldn’t they do that?
It's such a bad thing but indeed I think in every pre-Olympic they have this practice. And it's a pity.
Didn’t SF do this for some kind of summit of Asian politicians recently? I thought it was funny that a city known for claiming nothing can be done about encampments cleaned it all up overnight.
Yes. And also during the Super Bowl festivities in 2016. It oddly wasn't as sensational back then, but made some news.
This happens for anything these days. dignitaries arriving. Even when the circus F1 is in town.
Using the phrase ‘Social cleansing’ seems disingenuous to the point of manipulation. The term evokes death camps, eugenics and genocide, which isn’t what is going on here.
What about their inalienable right to the patch of sidewalk directly amidst a major international event?
Blocking public infrastructure is a privilege of the rich.
Wow. I had no idea that the uncountable number of tents blocking my commute to work were in fact “the rich”! I wonder which one Bezos is in?
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> “They are hiding the misery under the rug,” he said. “If this really was a dignified solution to the problem, people would be fighting to get on the buses. They’re not. We are in the process of making life impossible for these people and those who support them.”