Squatter protest in Bristol sees Tesco close early and ends in arrests

“@Akira

Firstly, I am having a little trouble reconciling this:-
'The Media these days only shows the people who are taking advantage of good people, when in reality most of them don't try to cheat people'
with this:-
'75% of runaways who are on the street for 2 of more weeks will become involved theft'.

Secondly, your rant appears to proceed on the assumption that other posters are attacking the genuinely homeless and needy. They are not. They are attacking those middle class kids who, particularly in Montpelier and Stokes Croft, adopt squatting as a lifestyle choice rather than out of necessity. As you will know if you have read the article, the parents of two or three of the Hobgoblin squatters turned up to the eviction, to plead with them to return to their nice well-appointed family homes.”

“How dare you guys. SERIOUSLY!? Why don't you guys actually do some real research into a topic such as homelessness or squatting before stating that squatting is "bad". Homelessness has been ostracized by the media when it is a tragedy that no one wants to happen to them. People DON'T choose to be homeless because they want to. It's because they don't have enough money to support themselves or have been abandoned by those closest to them or have no job. There are a LOT of reasons why homelessness occurs. We always talk about the poor and how more people are becoming poor and how people are losing their jobs. People CLAIM they care about the poor, but the hule house near where i live was recently closed down and is a perfect reflection on how society sees and tries to take care of the poor. Yes, there are insitutions in place to help the poor. But what about the people who DON'T get the help they need!? ya know, those exact same people you see on the street who have those colorful posters asking for money or food, or those beggars. The Media these days only shows the people who are taking advantage of good people, when in reality most of them don't try to cheat people and legitiamtely need help. Honestly, did you guys know that:
- approximately 48.2% of female youths living on the street and 33.2% of female youths living in a shelter reported having been pregnant at LEAST once.
- 75% of runaways who are on the street for 2 of more weeks will become involved theft, drugs, or pornography, while 1 out of every 3 teens on the street will be lured into prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home.
and thats just some of the many Sociological statistics listed in a sociology textbook i am using to do a project. (Sociology In our Times: The Essentials by Diana Kendall). People on the street CAN be sexually exploited and in some cases are. And you guys have issues with the fact that a couple of homeless people are trying to renovate a house that is not being taken care of by the owners!? Where is your humanity and love for your neighbor? Are you the kind of person who says that being poor is sad and that it should stop but when it comes down to it you end up supporting the opposite side, so long as it doesn't involve you or your family? The places that people squat at are to protect themselves and to try and start over. Ya know, a fresh start to try and rebuild their lives and your trying to take that away from them just because someone else owns the place but DOESN'T take care of the place on a regular basis. Honestly when a sqatter comes to possess a property they have to squat there for 21 YEARS and then file the proper paper work. THAT'S a LOT of time. Also keep in mind that the squatter in question has to try an renovate the place, keep it nice, and socialize and become a part of the local community in order to own a property. By making it a criminal offense your simply tossing aside the poor and saying "sorry, but someone else owns this place. and even though they don't use it you have to go to jail for trying to rebuild your life and be labeled as a criminal so that you never recover and won't be able to get a job in the future".”

“Only six arrests? Still every little helps....”

“Given that the College Green fiasco costs the tax payer a lot to clear up , these layabouts should not be allowed to occupy other persons property.

If the voice of the local community was against the store in the first place, isn't it about time you got a new councillor.”

“Actually Corncups (and sorry to take the wind out of your sails here) the share price of Tesco peaked at £4.92 per share on 14 November 2007! On 28 April 2011, the share price closed at £4.0355. It continued to rise for another 2 weeks and has been higher than this amount on numerous occasions since in every remaining month of 2011. It is only since the turn of the year after a worse than expected Christmas trading period that things got really bad and the share price has not hit £4 per share since 4 January 2012.”

“I was chatting to several shopkeepers in Stokes croft a few weeks ago. Some local squatters had just set fire to their squat, most of them were so drunk they could hardly stand up, the fire brigade had the road sealed off, total grid lock, general mayhem.
The shopkeepers were shaking their heads. They said they had had it up to here with the squatters. They had to put up with stupid little drama, one after another, late night ear-splitting music, drunken squabbles. They were constantly coming in to their shops and running out with stolen goods.
The shopkeepers asked how come these middle-class white layabout (all who have homes with their parents in the suburbs) have moved into someone else's place, in a diverse area, and destroyed its authenticity

That is the reality of squatting. Its totally selfish hypocrites. Destroying people's property, wrecking neighbours lives, and attacking local businesses.

How could I reply to them ? I shrugged my shoulders in helplessness. All I could say was 'People in this country have given up. The silent decent majority have lost'.

#”

“I dont know how anyone could ever think it is ok to take over a building that someone owns and pay nothing for. the process of getting them removed takes ages and they know this. its about time the law is on the owners side.”

“@corncups

'The financial data is consistently showing that Tesco's long-term market value peaked on 28th April 2011,'

Actually, financial data consistently shows that statement to be entirely incorrect. Plus that date would cover 22 days of their tax year, how could you obtain any accurate measurement of information in that space of time?

Don't stop believin' though.”

“Corncups - yes a complete coincidence. A protest by a bunch of wasters representing no-one but themselves has not caused a downturn in the fortunes of a company with thousands of stores across the country employing hundreds of thousands of people.”

“Corncups...

Nothing to do with increasing fuel prices, poor harvests and a general increase in food prices then. No, must be the riots causing it.”