Comments on: Baudrillard's Patio http://quietbabylon.com/2010/baudrillards-patio/ Cyborgs, architects and our weird broken future. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simulacra (2) | HiLobrow http://quietbabylon.com/2010/baudrillards-patio/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 Simulacra (2) | HiLobrow Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:46:22 +0000 http://quietbabylon.com/?p=1884#comment-1608 [...] from NowPublic Over at Quiet Babylon, Tim Maly has posted about the war of spectacle that constitutes the G20 meeting in his city, [...] […] from NowPublic Over at Quiet Babylon, Tim Maly has posted about the war of spectacle that constitutes the G20 meeting in his city, […]

]]> By: August http://quietbabylon.com/2010/baudrillards-patio/comment-page-1/#comment-1602 August Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:24:47 +0000 http://quietbabylon.com/?p=1884#comment-1602 I've just had an interesting email exchange with Adam Vaughan, the representative for my ward on the Toronto City Council about the security preparations. I was extremely upset about the uprooting of trees in the core to prevent their use of weapons (though I was told that only those trees that were sickly or dying and were scheduled to be replaced with healthier trees anyway were to be uprooted), and learned a number of things I didn't know about the security.<br><br>The most important of which is that the City itself has absolutely zero say in the security preparations, and that suggestions to use a larger, more easily secured venue within the city limits (a venue designed specifically for large events) that would involve significantly less disruption to the city were flatly dismissed by the federal government. I’ve just had an interesting email exchange with Adam Vaughan, the representative for my ward on the Toronto City Council about the security preparations. I was extremely upset about the uprooting of trees in the core to prevent their use of weapons (though I was told that only those trees that were sickly or dying and were scheduled to be replaced with healthier trees anyway were to be uprooted), and learned a number of things I didn’t know about the security.

The most important of which is that the City itself has absolutely zero say in the security preparations, and that suggestions to use a larger, more easily secured venue within the city limits (a venue designed specifically for large events) that would involve significantly less disruption to the city were flatly dismissed by the federal government.

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