now, i haven't the foggiest what this is all about, having only heard talk about "avoiding central london" today (though now it seems like that *was* a good plan), but i'd like to ask: where were the police when i was getting mugged by a northern guy who was supposedly a junkie desperate for a fix and was about to "fookin' stab" me after trying to dig through my pockets? i mean, i didn't need *lots*......just one! :) (though the met did leave that very helpful sign next to the curb/kerb "warning! thieves operate in this area" "wow, they were right!") maybe they only go there during the day and then hang out around parliament at night, ignoring tourists who ask for directions to bloomsbury. oh those wacky bobbies! jay "why don't you hate who i hate?" ----- Original Message ----- From: "P F" <pinefox1@yahoo.com> To: <sinister@missprint.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 6:56 PM Subject: Sinister: They Ought To Barricade Regent Street
It's the 1st of May. May Day, in fact. I thought someone should say something.
Ignoring Ken's advice I went to Oxford Circus to see the clowns and the riot police.
The acoustic field. The air bass of helicopters. The whistles. The chorus of cries every 5 minutes. The incomprehensible megaphones.
The altered sense of urban space. The rare emptiness of Oxford Street. The shops so flagrant and welcoming, so seductive and overpriced, for once barred and boarded. The cloudy sky over Regent Street's elegant facades. It dawned on me that they *had* barricaded it.
There were a lot of police. How many? Yes, that many.
I don't know yet whether the system has been brought down. If you hear anything overnight, let me know via the usual tunnels.
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